Rostock MAX v2 User's Guide
12 – A Strategy for Successful (and great!) Prints
Michael Hackney is one our forum moderators over at the SeeMeCNC forum and he's been
gracious enough to allow me to publish his wonderful guide for getting the most out of your
SeeMeCNC 3D printer. You can find his original thread here:
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7361
Some of the links below reference part files that are stored on the forum itself. You may need to
create a forum account to reach them. I highly recommend doing this whether or not you need the
files. The SeeMeCNC is an excellent resource with a vibrant, helpful and very newbie-friendly
community.
I've watched folks struggle to achieve the results they want/expect here for several years – heck,
I was one of us. Like all new endeavors, there IS a learning curve with 3D printing. This is still the
pioneering era for desktop printing and we are very fortunate to have such a great community here as
well as other resources on the web. But the challenge with all the information out there is finding it
when YOU need it and deciphering the many different opinions and practices - some of which are good
and some of which are, well, let's just say "poppycock".
There are many different means to the same end but I assert that those who figured something
workable (AND reproducible) out most likely took a disciplined approach to reach their goals rather
than the shotgun approach of trying one thing after another. So, I thought it would be helpful to
describe a method that you can use to 1) develop a reproducible approach to successfully printing the
things you want and 2) improving the quality of your prints to meet your (realistic) expectations. I'll
likely do this as a series of posts starting with this one. Don't hesitate to join in or ask questions. After
some time, I'll consolidate the posts into a single source (maybe a pin here) that will make it easy to
find.
On board? Let's go!
#1 Get Experience.
Start with the printer. This is more difficult than it seems because without experience, it is hard
to know if you have a mechanical or electrical issue, slicing issue or if something else is going on. So,
to that end, keep things simple until you have some experience. By "simple" I mean, don't print the
Eiffel Tower model to start, print a simple, reproducible and small item many, Many, MANY times
until you nail it. For me, I used the calibration cube. In retrospect, I should have picked something
much simpler (see strategy #2).
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