Getting on the right track

With Thanksgiving at the end of November and Christmas time upon us, I haven’t had time to give an update.  So it has been a while since I last posted an entry,  so I thought I should give a quick update.  I still don’t have things sorted out completely with the 3D printer, but I am getting closer.  I was able to print a few calibration items.

I printed a calibration cube, but it was a bit too tall.  So I had to calibrate the Z axis again.  My next try was pretty much close to what it should have been.  Here is a picture of the two prints.  On the left is the second try.

There are still some major issues that need to be fixed, like having the filament at times form a blob of string around the hot end.  Oh well, I will solve that in time.