3D Printing

Noisebridge's 3D printing station is one of our Fabrication Resources.

Our Makerbot printers all died and Replicator Wednesdays are on hiatus.

We have:

A Flashforge Creator printer

Works, a clone of a MakerBot Replicator Dual Extruder.

this is the wood frame product, similar to the Creator Pro model made of plastic.

Flashforge Creator Pro manual

Printing from your own laptop

1. Software Installation
   1. You need FTDI drivers installed: FTDI Driver Download
   2. You need ReplicatorG
2. Software Configuration
   1. In ReplicatorG, the machine driver to select is Replicator Dual.
3. Generate GCode from your STL file.
4. Click Connect to device. (If you have trouble, see Connection Troubleshooting below.)

• Connection Troubleshooting
  • Connection error: The serial port named '/dev/tty.usbmodem1411' could not be found.
    • It may not be turned on and plugged in.
• Printing Troubleshooting
  • It stops printing midway through.
    • Are you browsing the Internet memes with Replicator in the background? It can't print very far in the background. Alt-tab/command-tab to bring ReplicatorG to foreground every time it stops and it will resume. This is one of the main reasons to start using the SD card to print: You can use your computer for other things without slowing down or stopping prints.

Printing from an SD card

1. Put files ending in .gcode on an SD card
2. Insert SD card into the side-facing slot on the front right side of the case.
3. Press DOWN ARROW till you reach Print from SD card
4. Press CENTER SELECT

== A Threed printer computer station connected to it

Many colors of filament spools to use for printing projects.

Getting the Flashforge Creator printing: http://goo.gl/3mwCkk

If you are interested in organizing a new regular 3D printing meetup or reviving Replicator Wednesdays, do it!

There is an outdated 3DPrintBeginners guide page that could be a source of good material for this updated new page.

Let User:Lxpk know and he will assist with updating the wiki and organizing your event or project.

Things to print

• 3D Anatomical Models