5th Gen Diary

Documenting my progress with the 5th Gen MakerBot 3D Printer..

**UPDATE** I have about 40 prints though this thing now, and after getting the hang of it, i'm glad to say, all my issues have been understood and addressed and i seem to be running well.

My first 3 prints on the MakerBot 5th Gen. I'm impressed, for now...(nice little turbofan)

Whilst i figure out MB desktop, i'll try to keep progress reports in order.

Well, thanks to @johnnyrobot for the turbine design, 5th Gen printed this well, however base did lift of paper somewhat, so its a little out.

I have had multiple print head jams, but have reduced this to almost zero, and yes to everything that the forums reports, its a big issue. This is not going to be an easy process for MB to figure out, but i'm confident they will.

Anyhow, back to business...

This evening, i have printed without issues, i'm going to capture printer firmware version as soon as it finishes printing, but MB desktop is 3.0.1.49 as of thi