Test your printer
If you have bought the plastic parts you can skip this step!
For this section you will need:
Tools
Materials
- 5 g of PLA filament
Step 1: Set your printer settings
All microscope parts can be printed out of PLA filament on most RepRap-style printers.
We recommend the following printer settings:
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Material | PLA |
| Layer height | 0.2mm or less |
| Supports | None |
| Infill | Printer default |
| Brim | Recommended for all part except main body. |
Do not print with supports. The microscope has been designed to print without supports. Supports will damage the mechanism.
NOTE: The microscope body has a custom brim included in the STL. This may require custom print settings.
Step 2: Testing your printer
Now we will test whether your printer can print the bridges in the microscope. Download and print the leg test file this will only use about 5 grams of PLA:
The result should look like this (this has been printed with a brim):
