[57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Introducing the space's newest 3D printer - a Lulzbot Mini

[S Davidson]

No worries.

On Sat, 24 Aug 2019, 18:50 Edward Watson, <mail at edwardwatson.co.uk> wrote:

> Re the Pi4 offer, sadly the octopi build I have in mind is not yet
> compatible with that Pi version. There are beta's but they have some
> glitches I think.
>
> Cheers,
> Nordin
>
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 12:42, S Davidson <s.g.davidson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If you're willing to wait a bit I'll get a pi4 for the space.  If people
> are willing to donate. I will be able to get a higher ram edition
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Aug 2019, 12:34 Edward Watson, <mail at edwardwatson.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> Earlier this month a number of space folk banded together to collect
> >> donations for a new space 3D printer. The printer, a Lulzbot Mini 1,
> >> was offered at a very good discount albeit over a tight window of
> >> opportunity. Anyhew, it was funded pretty quickly, brought and
> >> delivered over the weekend. I was asked to help set it up once it has
> >> arrived and I finished initial setup yesterday. As a bonus, it seems
> >> to have arrived with spools of assorted colour 3mm filament also.
> >>
> >> Currently, a laptop is needed to operate the printer via USB but we'll
> >> add a wifi-accessible webgui via a RasPi at some point soon. In the
> >> meantime, users can print from the Dell netbook setup next to the
> >> printer or their own laptop with the Lulzbot software. The software is
> >> on a USB stick next to the printer and is pretty user friendly.  A
> >> wikipage has been made-up to serve as a shared reference point [1].
> >> Users should feel free to update the page as they find the need. For
> >> now I have fitted the sample length of 3mm lime green filament over a
> >> 'host spool' for testing which only has a few meters left. The host
> >> spool is labelled UV-purple (thats white with a UV colour change to
> >> purple!) so thats the default next colour after the sample runs out.
> >> We have the most of UV purple spools (3 overall), plus light and dark
> >> greens (x2), pink, blue and UV red. We should aim to keep these
> >> air-sealed as long as possible to keep moisture out of the material.
> >>
> >> The print quality is very good and combined with the reliability the
> >> Lulzbot printers are known for, it should make 3D printing more
> >> accessible to all.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nordin
> >>
> >> P.S. if anyone has a spare microSD card or an edimax nano wifi dongle
> >> to donate to the cause, please ping me; its for the Pi-powered webgui.
> >> I have a Pi v2B but only have 2GB cards which are too small for the
> >> Octopi build.
> >>
> >> [1]
> https://wiki.57north.org.uk/index.php/Projects:LulzBot_Mini_3D_Printer
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