Category: CA-87 Ion Blaster

Stock Time…

Just a quick note about the PLA+ filament with actual wood fibers, it really does feel like wood, sands sort of like wood, and even smells like wood while it’s printing…

Here’s the smaller part of the stock, removed from the build plate…

The next parts to be printed were the alignment blocks I created to help in assembly of the stock…

The alignment blocks, completed…

Beginning the final part of the stock…

The alignment blocks, removed from the build plate…

The alignment blocks, all cleaned up…

After about six hours of printing, the final part of the stock was completed…

The final part of the stock, removed from the build plate…

Stock Time…

I was finally able to spend the time needed to repair all of the errors of the stock file so I could cut it into two parts to fit on my build plate. I chose to use PLA+ filament with actual wood fibers for the stock of the Blaster. In order to use this type of filament, I had to swap out the hot end to a larger size to help prevent clogging. I have just been too lazy to make the switch, until today…

After a lot of test runs to get my printer properly calibrated to print with this new filament, I finally started with the smaller part of the stock…

After almost six hours, the first part was done..