{"id":2467,"date":"2012-12-21T21:59:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T02:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2012-12-21T21:59:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T02:59:33","slug":"improving-my-printer-recursively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/21\/improving-my-printer-recursively\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving my printer recursively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common class of useful objects to print that you can find on Thingiverse are upgrades and accessories for 3D printers. Once you have a 3D printer working, you can improve upon it by printing more or better parts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0688-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wire Spool on Floor\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0688-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0688-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0688.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dislike having to manually unroll plastic filament and leave it laying on the floor for your printer? Add a few inline skate bearings to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:34131\">Spool Roller STL file<\/a> and you&#8217;ve got a snap on auto-rolling filament spool mount for your printer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0702-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Snap On Spool Roller\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0702-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0702.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spool_roller_with_straw_guard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spool_roller_with_straw_guard-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spool Roller\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spool_roller_with_straw_guard-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spool_roller_with_straw_guard-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spool_roller_with_straw_guard.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having issues with wires going everywhere? Print a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:16190\">snap on wire clips<\/a> that will hold them to your frame rods&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0677.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0677-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wire Clips\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0677-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0677-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0677.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is your Z-Axis end-stop too difficult to adjust? Print the parts to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:34666\">build an upgraded model<\/a> (with $5 worth of parts from the hardware store) with a bit textured knob for easy adjustment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0717-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"End stop Parts\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0717-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0717-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0717.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/adjustable_z-endstop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/adjustable_z-endstop-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Adjustable z-endstop\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/adjustable_z-endstop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/adjustable_z-endstop-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/adjustable_z-endstop.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Think your current printer is getting old? Have it print parts for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:32850\">next generation printer<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common class of useful objects to print that you can find on Thingiverse are upgrades and accessories for 3D printers. Once you have a 3D printer working, you can improve upon it by printing more or better parts. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/21\/improving-my-printer-recursively\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-3d-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}