The team has a 3D printer available in the POTR 209 lab. The printer is a LulzBot 5 with a 3mm PLA extruder. This printer however had a problem with a thermistor, which is why it is out of order.
There is another printer in the lab, a LulzBot 6, with a dual-head extruder for 3mm PLA. Some pieces were tried to be printed, however, the finishes were not the best when printing the threads.
For this reason, the SMART Lab was turned to for help from undergraduate researcher Pou Hei Chan. He has access to a PRUSA printer, which has much higher resolution than the LulzBot printers.
Pou Hei has been a great support to our team by printing the parts and supporting us with his vast experience in mechanical design and 3D printing.
In future updates we will show the new pieces printed in PRUSA.
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