If you ever wonder what should be the first object to print in the

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If you ever wonder what should be the first object to print in the RepRap you finished making, I have the answer, Spare parts

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Well, before that, you should print a minimug ( http://reprap.org/wiki/Minimug ) for a toast to your completed printer!

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Good idea. I haven’t thought about that. :slight_smile:

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I only got to about half height after several attempts on my minimug (I used the teardrop reprap-logo-shaped one though), so I toasted it with a half minimug.

(Turns out the printrbot wood extruder with 1.75 mm filament does not mix well with retraction unmodified, especially not default 3 mm retraction — the hole between drive and hot end is 3mm filament sized and with the retractions the filament would buckle in there during the refeeding. A small piece of PTFE Bowden tube to make the hole smaller cures all ills.)