Rostock Max Build Event in Burlington
Last Saturday, I attended a build event at Blu-Bin, the 3D printer store in Burlington Vermont. About 5 of us purchased Rostock Max kits from SeeMeCNC, and built them. Folks from SeeMeCNC were there to help, and had performed more than half of the assembly before we arrived. We finished it all up in about six hours. I have purchased Solidoodles and Aluminati in the past. In each case, it took months and months to get delivery, and then another month or so to get the printers to actually print. Not so with the Rostock Maxes. After assembly, calibration took about 30 minutes, after which the printers simply printed. Pretty amazing. Recommended.
Doing Something Useful with Empty Filament Spools
I now have about 8 empty 1 kg filament spools. While it is possible to transfer filament from coils to spools by spinning the filament off of the coils and onto the spools, that operation seems needlessly difficult; it is especially difficult with 3 mm filament, which is quite stiff. It would be much easier to just pop one of the edge retainers off the spool, drop the coil in place, and then restore the retainer.
I created a jig that allows me to hold a spool firmly in place so that I can use my cutoff band saw to cut one side off of a spool. The cut is not perfectly uniform, but it is good enough. I try to leave about 5 mm on the smaller part. I then printed a small ring that I use to rejoin the two parts of the spool.
Jig to allow me to mount the spool so I can cut it
