Mini Monoprice | MPSM miniature

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MINI MONOPRICE https://youtu.be/dVm8qnXM0Tw NOTE: This is a work in progress. To teach myself modeling and 3D printing, I've started building a 1/3 scale Monoprice Select Mini, my first printer that I recently purchased and absolutely love! I began creating this miniature to eventually use it in a little stop motion video I wanted to make to help sell my first 3D modeled and printed product. But to my surprise and joy, they sold out even before I made all of them, so no need for speed on the stop motion tip anymore. I still want to finish the model, though, to learn from it (which I did a lot), maybe make that video for a second series, and give back to this community, as I've already had just as much joy of Thingiverse as of the printer itself. Feel free to print your own Mini Monoprice and play with her, but don't use her for commercial purposes. She's not designed for that! If you made one, please share it! Also, if you've modded it, as you might have done with your real MPSM, please do share too. It would be great to see different personalized Minis, as that's another thing I love about 3D printing - no two machines seem the same. So far, I've included: robin7331's MPSM Extruder Baseplate v1 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2029972) robin7331's MPSM Extruder Arm v1 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2030554) Makify1's MP Select Mini Slip-On Fan Guard (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2043464) CreativeTools's Universal Filament Filter and Lubricator (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:492067) A custom knob and LEGO spinner that I designed myself, which are my first ever mod and the first thingie I shared in the verse Part of Sloop45's Lea Top Bust (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:642870) as the printed part Since I'm new to this and just got my MPSM, I'll probably add more mods and upgrades to my real life machine as I go along. As I do, I intend to also mod and upgrade this miniature version. While I work on this model, I'll post pictures and videos of the process and progress on mostly my Instagram (@baschz) and some on my Twitter (@baschz too) account, using the hashtag #minimonoprice. If you're interested! I'd love to hear what you think of it so far! STILL TO DO AND/OR FIX AND IDEAS Better the main tower slots Add a real size microSD slot in the base (for the video) Double check and tweak all tolerances Check if the main tower is better and faster if I just fill up the big open space. Thought it would save time and filament keeping it open, but seeing the time the printer takes neatly drawing the lines to the walls inside, filling it up might just be faster -Tweak the selfmade support for the LEGO spinner -Print and test everything in colour UPDATES SO FAR 3/27/2017 Added one tiny thin layer of blue painter's tape to the heated bed! Tell your printer to pause at height 0.13125mm and switch filament colours. Since I print on tape myself, it even copied the structure. Pretty happy about this little proof of concept thingie! P.S. Print without a brim or even a skirt, since the second colour will cover those lines partly. Or do like I did (when I realized it just in time); swiftly peel off her skirt before the colour switch 3/27/2017 Improved and uploaded the LEGO Spinner. It has some very crisp snapable supports now 3/28/2017 Since I've added tape to the heated bed, I might just as well add a whole roll, for when I need more! The roll in the pictures is printed on 0.13 in Colorfabb Sky Blue PLA and Colorfabb Woodfill, and gives almost exactly the perfect colours for this little friend