Another new 'pod owner

[Deleted]

(Currently unable to post on the official forum, so I've decided to shift my attention to helping the unofficial efforts. This is a direct repost of sumpod.com/forum/post/another-new-pod-owner.)

Having recently got my own 'pod, I thought I should take a moment to say hello and introduce myself.

So, uh, hello! I'm Piete, a software engineer living in Hampshire in the UK.

So far things have been ... okay. I'm hesitant to extol the virtues of my new machine (aluminium big) until it works, but it's currently not working due to my inexperience with 3D printing.

I'm finding the learning curve pretty steep, but making steady progress. The number of sources of education available for 3D printing is staggering, but incredibly fractured, so I welcome any assistance in distilling these down. Even the SUMPOD itself seems to have a great many official and unofficial channels (forums, wikis and sites) with pretty mixed activity. I presume it'll take a while for the aluminium big to get as many resources as the original, just because of the very recent release.

Anyway, like many others, I'm keeping a log of how things are progressing (http://pancake.io/3e35fd/sumpod), and from this I'm putting together the getting started guide I would've wanted to read when I started. The irony of complaining about, and then subsequently contributing to, the fractured repositories of 'pod information is not wasted on me

I don't have much to add to this forum right now, but I am checking it reasonably often and hope to get to know some of you a little better over the coming months

Keep on printing,
- Piete.

[drzoidberg]

Hi Piete,

First your blog is very helpful and great job.

I think Mr R S is cheater and made a scam and fraud.

Regards, Dr Zoidberg

[highcooley]

Hi Piete

A late but very warm welcome to the forum. At the moment, there is not much going on here, but I hope this will change over time. For my part, I just took my 'pod out of the shelve again two weeks ago, after the first frustration of last spring had passed.

Congrats for your blog. It is very detailed and I am sure it will be a huge help for others who purchased the aluminium 'pod. As I am a original owner, I cannot help a lot concerning specific parts of the aluminium version. However, as several parts are quite similar (e.g. hot end), the whole system doesn't seem to be too different.
Feel free to ask, whenever you get stuck, need an opinion or a field report.

Regards, Highcooley

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Thanks Highcooley & Dr Zoidberg for the welcome and the compliments

Personally a lot of my issues stem from not knowing what I don't know, so I'm working through it slowly. I have no doubt I shall pop by with queries!

Cheers,
- Piete.

[kjamimate]

Hi guys

I'm still waiting for my printer that was ordered in June

Has any of you received your printer yet?