January 9, 2013 by Maks Surguy

PrintrBot Plus and few mods = great quality 3d prints

Two weeks ago I bought a 3D printer called PrintrBot Plus. I never had a 3D printer before. This technology is completely mind blowing to me.

Fast forward, I made quite a bit of adjustments and upgrades.
Here are the mods I have done to my PrintrBot Plus 3D printer:

Replaced the tip with 0.35mm tip (took 10 minutes to replace, very easy procedure).
Put a fan to cool down the print while it is being printed, need to get a smaller fan though.
Put a glass above the heated bed and Kapton tape over the glass.
Tightened all belts.
Printed out glass clips and made the heated bed to be adjustable via springs.
Replaced power supply with 350W power supply for quicker heating of the nozzle and the heated bed.

In this post I will share photos of the models I have printed on the adjusted and calibrated 3D printer, enjoy the show:

And a gallery to show all pictures in one convenient window:

What do you think about these prints?

in Blog 8 comments

Dan Mellem

Do you have to do the acetone polish with the smaller nozzle? Also, can the Printrbot add support material or dual material?
Maks Surguy

Hi! Good to see you here! The support material can be generated in Slic3r – the program that slices the models before they are printed. I think the finish is pretty good as it is but certainly some polishing would make it better – that is for all nozzle sizes.
joeboxer

Hi there,
fantastic quality!
Can you explain more about: Replaced the tip with 0.35mm?

Best!
Maks Surguy

You can buy one here :
http://printrbot.com/shop/ubis-hot-end-tips/
marlus araujo

hi Maks, very nice post!
could you post some photos of your printrbot after mods?
I would like to see the bed adjustment.
Thank you!
Muhanad Abdulrahman

please any one can help ?
i need printer with low price and give me acceptable precision about 100 microns plus minus with dimensions of model about 100*100*25 of building dental model
please my email muhanad31@yahoo.com on face book muhanad abdulrahman