First print!

[hubrigant]

After about 35 hours of work, I finally got my PEEK fan shroud printed, and on the first try, even!

To me, it looks as if it printed out fairly well for a newbie's first attempt. I see some goobers here and there (overextrusion?), but the part looks like the part, and the first layer looks pretty smooth. The print was done with MatterHackers Pro-series white ABS 1.75mm

Is there anything that I should be looking at adjusting based on these pics?

[Mac The Knife]

I would just double check the cheapskate adjustments, and print some more. Practice makes it better.

[hubrigant]

I'll check the Cheapskate adjustments. I'm curious, what in the print indicates that they might be out of adjustment? The slop near the corners?

[Mac The Knife]

the waviness of the vertical perimeters. Also, If it was your first print, the wheels tend to seat in a little bit.

[jram]

+1 on the cheapskate adjustment. I went back after my first few prints and re torqued any screw I could get to as well. I found that I was a bit light handed during the initial assembly process. It still feels great to get that first print out after all of the invested hours!

[hubrigant]

I went through and checked all of the Cheapskates. They seemed OK to me, so I did some more looking and discovered that the Z-tower belt tensioner had slipped down to the bottom. I retensioned that tower and printed out the PLA fan shroud, which looks better.