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Current Status: Mostly functional

Current workhorse printer at the space.

Print area: 200x200x200 mm (approx)

Now part of the Octoprint farm, on port 8082.

Filament-wise, we've used PLA approximately 99% of the time on this one. We have printed a little PETG, but never ABS or more exotic filaments

See the Monoprice MP Select Mini article for operation information- they're similar.

Modifications:

• The hotend was upgraded to a Micro-Swiss all-metal hotend. The nozzle is “plated brass”, so extended amounts of glow in the dark filament may not be the best idea until we get an all-stainless or something else.
• The extruder cooling fan has been replaced several times (note: it's a 24 V fan)
• Parts cooling fan was replaced with a blower-style fan and a “wraparound” nozzle.
• Now using a glass bed for a print surface

Slicer configuration:

• For the most part, Cura's defaults are fine- set the size to 200x200x200 (or use their canned Prusa i3 profile)
• Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm (this is actually the default, but noting it for now in case it changes in the future)
• Enable Retraction
• Retraction distance: .6mm (this is important with the all-metal hotend)
• Bed Temperature: 60