Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Bukobot 8
While we felt confident the gantry was
square to the plate, we had adhesion trou-
bles with both ABS and PLA until we covered
the platform with blue painter's tape—a
common solution out in the field for printers
that extrude PLA. This improved adhesion
significantly, and we were able to print a fine-
looking snake using Printbl's new Diamond
Age PLA, which Deezmaker included with
the unit.
After shifting to the printed fan shroud at-
tachment, which allows for active cooling of
the top printed layer, we had our best suc-
cesses printing PLA. The torture-test results
were promising: adhesion issues knocked off
the base of the unsupported arch, but the
vertical and horizontal surfaces were all true.
Printing results generally were better than
average, and the owl statue in particular,
while not the best in our test, promises that
this unit, when really dialed in by an operator,
will compete aggressively for quality at its
price point.
We tested the Bukobot 8 Vanilla version, with
a single extruder; the Duo version offers two
extruders. Setup took only about a half hour,
and the documentation included with the
printer provided most of the information
necessary to tune the machine, though we
did have to seek help to figure out the baud
rate.
A great touch: printed cable tensioner disks
make it easy to perform small dialing-in ad-
justments. The version we tested had no SD
card reader, but the current version includes
it for untethered printing. The Budaschnoz-
zle hot-end has an idler latch for easy fila-
ment swapping mid-print.
