So I have been doing a bit of work with my "brand new" toy. I have run about ten jobs through it now. My first attempt was an outstanding success. It was exactly what I was after. So I have tried a few more jobs.
The first thought I have is that it isn't easy. Of the ten or so jobs I have done so far about have have failed to print. I think I have worked out what the problem was. Yes, it was my fault. Will it get better? I will see. There is another job running as I type, so we will see.
So the remaining half have succeeded then? Errrrrmmmm. I think there have been a few cases where I have produced minutes I am completely happy with. Even then, lets just say there was nothing wrong with the print. The size isn't quite right. I haven't amended the size, they are just way to big. If a mini has no supports you can usually work out the height. The trouble is, those without supports depend on me putting supports in which is not so great,
Then there are prints that fail. On a tray full of minis, some or all of them might fail. There have been more abject failures than successes. I printed a couple of robots which came out alright. The trouble is that they are so flimsy, in order to keep them in scale, that they are just too fragile. They more or less disintegrated when I took the supports off.
When all said and done there are only five figures that pass muster, One of them manages this because you can't see the bottom. Three look really good but are too tall. So out of ten ish print runs, there is only one figure that I am really happy with.
What next? Well I am going to keep going. I hope I am going to keep learning.
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