3D Printing

We got the 3D Printer printing last week.  Finally had some time off to work on it.  There were problems with the Extruder Head feed mechanism, too much tension.  Also the feed motor was binding.  We re-adjusted the tension on the screws that hold the feed motor to the extruder to free up its motion.  Also we disassembled the filament path into the extruder, and found some obstructions, then cleared them.  We had to coax it along a bit, but we finally made some printed pieces.

Here is a little bit of video to show the thing in action.  It takes a long time to make a part.  The large Tron took an hour , and fifteen minutes...