{"id":601,"date":"2013-07-26T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2013-07-26T10:54:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:54:57","slug":"3d-printer-mini-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/3d-printer-mini-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"3D printer mini-festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a mini 3D printer fest at Make Lehigh Valley last night along with our postponed Build Night with Sugru. (Sugru update to come, I&#8217;m gathering pictures.) The Ord Bot received some sugru to the handle to make it more comfy to lug.<\/p>\n<p>My real joy was sharing the epic fail of printing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:42074\">twisted ball cage<\/a>. I made it as far in the print as I have yet. I still can&#8217;t get the top to print because of the flex of the arms. All the interaction from crowd of makers was great. Jared got his RepRap printing a much improved cube and Jeff made some progress on the space&#8217;s RepRap 3D printer. He&#8217;s been polishing the smooth rods that the carriage for the heated build platform rides on for awhile to make sure it runs smoothly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Space-RepRap-w-Bed-rods-installed.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Space-RepRap-w-Bed-rods-installed-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Space RepRap 3D printer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Space-RepRap-w-Bed-rods-installed-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Space-RepRap-w-Bed-rods-installed.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After much polishing, Jeff has installed the rods that the heated build platform will ride on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-604\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Two-RepRaps-and-an-OrdBot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Two-RepRaps-and-an-OrdBot-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Our impromptu mini 3D printer festival\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Two-RepRaps-and-an-OrdBot-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Two-RepRaps-and-an-OrdBot.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our impromptu mini 3D print festival, note the blue sugru on the handle of the OrdBot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a mini 3D printer fest at Make Lehigh Valley last night along with our postponed Build Night with Sugru. 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