{"id":446,"date":"2019-01-03T21:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T21:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2019-03-14T22:46:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:46:03","slug":"a-3d-printer-diary-the-first-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/a-3d-printer-diary-the-first-print","title":{"rendered":"A 3D printer diary &#8211; the first print"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After clearing some existing filament from the print head and adhering the build tape to the perspex build platform, I levelled the bed using a train ticket (which is approximately 0.3 mm thick according to my Vernier Gauge) instead of the (missing) levelling card (which is 0.3mm thick according to the instructions). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t get my old laptop to connect to the printer. However, there are a few test models in the printer itself, including a die (singular of dice). It took about\u00a021 minutes to print. Laptop for scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0581-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"First Print on Dremel 3D20\" class=\"wp-image-378\" width=\"507\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0581-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0581-1024x543.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Because the spool holder was also missing, I cheated a bit, and used a small spool-less length of PLA, sticking out the side of the machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0579-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"Filament out the side\" class=\"wp-image-379\" width=\"495\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0579-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0579.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A successful first attempt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After clearing some existing filament from the print head and adhering the build tape to the perspex build platform, I levelled the bed using a train ticket (which is approximately 0.3 mm thick according to my Vernier Gauge) instead of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/a-3d-printer-diary-the-first-print\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[25,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}