Week 1 - Journal

First step : I used thingiverse to choose a suitable design and download it as stl so ultimaker cura can read it.

Second step : Import stl file to ultimaker cura to change this setting to be suitable for the assignment requirements.

Third step : I adjusted the sizes because the original sizes will take 2 hours and 19 min and we have not exceed 90 min and my colleague Micheal helped me to scale down the model without losing the layers because this will affect my folding weapons so he suggested to scale down the X & Y axis without any change in the Z-axis and that works well.

1- I scale down the x-axis to be 124mm , y-axis 50mm and z-axis will be the same 2.25mm to make the time suitable .
2- I used 0.2 mm layer height.
3- I used 20% Infill.
4- No support and no adhesion.

Last step : I save the file as G-code ( writing the time , grams , material , color , infill and layer height) to be read by the machine.

1- I put my RLD file to the Laser Cutter computer.
2- click on Download and give name to the file.
3- choose the file in the machine.
4- Then i track the frame and Run the process.

The process takes 4m15sec.

The process :

1- I transfer my G-code to SD card and put it into the machine.

2- I cleaned 3D printer bed using alcohol.

3- I turned on the 3D printer.

4- I cut off the extra part of the PLA.

5- choose my G-code file.

6- After the bed become pre-heated i watch the first layer to make sure that all things works well.

Finally : It tooks 1h28m and 14g.

We learned how to make engraving by different powers and We learned different options to save time.