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  1. RichardM

    Resurrection - well partial cure anyway.

    Greetings and felicitations to one and all... I had just bought and assembled a rather interesting Anet A2 when I had to have a hip replacement (nothing to do with the labours involved in screwing up ..oops screwing together the A2), more to do with aging bones and a life of climbing masts and...
  2. RichardM

    Anet A2 Actually Working....

    Well, after turning the hot bed upside down (ie the warnings, led & shiny surface facing the floor, covering the other side with blue masking tape (as recommended by someone somewhere on t'internet I downloaded Cura 14.07 loaded up some filament (that took some doing as it isn't easy to get the...
  3. RichardM

    Anet A2 The Build Experience

    Anet A2 Build 28th Nov 2018 - progress after 1 week, 1 day, 4 hours. This includes a week waiting for replacement nuts, bolts, slide nuts, an hour grinding the new slide nuts to fit (either chrome plating on the nuts or anodise on the frame prevented the new bolts sliding into the extrusion)...
  4. RichardM

    What filament to try first ?

    As a complete newcomer to the world of 3DP and soon to be the proud father of an Anet A2 what filament would be the best to start with ? (That's assuming I manage to get the thing screwed together and not screwed up! Thanks for any advice... bet if I get three replies there will be three...
  5. RichardM

    RichardM - Venturing into the weird world of 3D printers

    Ah, yes, well, been reading about them for ages, never seen one so have bought one. Why?, don't know yet, will no doubt find out when I've built it. That appeals to me more than actually printing anything at the moment. I have no interest in creating toy elephants, pink or any other colour. If I...
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