Hey all!Two years ago, I was super excited about 3D printing. Picked up a Rostock Max V2, built it all up, calibrated it for hours, and made dozens of great prints.At some point, something went wrong. Maybe I overtightened a belt, or something else went wonky, but things didn’t seem to work after that. I bought the new injection-molded carriages, tricklaser arms, did all the calibrations again, and in the end prints kept failing. I think I might have bent one of the motor shafts? That was my running theory at one point. Or something was just…off. I regret buying a delta TBH because of how much trouble calibration has caused me throughout the ownership of the printer.At some point, the whole thing went into the closet (because the cat was too fond of the printer and hotends don’t mix with flesh). I keep telling myself, ‘pull it out this weekend and try calibrating it one more time. Surely you can figure it out.’But I can’t seem to do that. I keep thinking, there are parts that need to be replaced, money to be spent, and at the end of it all, what would I do? The motivation to calibrate and print and experiment seems to have all but fizzled out.And that upsets me, because I remember being excited. I had projects I wanted to do, things I wanted to try. And it all feels a little flat now – whenever I look at the printer eating up floor space in my closet, all I can think of is ‘God help me I have no idea how to fix this blasted machine.” Part of me wants to sell it and give up. Or maybe sell it and grab a standard cartesian printer, something that doesn’t need so much space. But I remember wanting to build massive prints and make awesome desk swag, or print a large format camera body. I remember wanting that.Feels a little shitty. So if you’ve been there before, I could use some advice. http://ift.tt/2sPCIjH
