And going.... and going...

So I am into my 4th month with my printer. I wish I could say its been a smooth ride but I have had some setbacks. For one thing my .35mm J-Head V-BV came apart somehow and I wasn't able to salvage the PEEK, so there went another $30! Put it back together and failed to see that I needed a piece from the old unit I cut up and had to order a new hollow set screw to hold back the inner tube. I am printing off a new extruder body as I am changing to a micro extruder with a PG35 motor. Its a direct drive unit and as of today am waiting for more parts to show up.... Parts Parts parts..... you never know what you will need and then realize you should have ordered 3!! maybe 4 even..... I have been trying out new colors and the transparent ABS I used really is a show stopper! It printed like a wet dream and I will be buying more of that. I have red but not liking that as it is de-laminating a bit. I currently am using silver and it is turning out really nice. Here are a couple pics of some progress

Not so good Red

Grandma needed a new coffee scoop!

Make one for yourself.. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:51411

New micro Extruder

Make one yourself ... http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:42112

The spool holder I built

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:22759

Back of the holder with a beefed up bracket

And the beefed up bracket

And the vampire skull for my son

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31998

And finally I actually made a part I designed, well got inspiration for it from another creator. I needed a z-axis end stop clamp and bracket. 

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:50881

The Journey Continues.......

So after things went a little crazy, laptop funked up, printer was going a little batty, and trying to fix it all, I think I am back to printing! My main goal right now is to print back up parts now that I have things really good. I also want to start making things for people and hopefully sell some things if that's possible. I bought some transparent 3mm filament and it doesn't like the small spool it is on. So I am printing this MendelMax Spool and I should have better results and not have to watch it constantly since the plastic wants to spring off the spool.

So I will post some pics once I get back to normal here. Maybe in a few days...!