The very first print was pretty much disappointing resulting in a ball of plastic goop. This was a result of inexperience in 3D Printing as it requires a lot of calibration and printing experience which were solved in the next few weeks as mels continuous trial and error with different parameters in slicing software and as well as hardware configurations.

The Z Banding started to appear on the prints. During the early stages this wasnt an issue as the focus was on calibrating the printer and not the surface quality. But once the calibration was completed, Mels learned that by tweaking the slicer settings, the Z banding can be reduced. So it is not a hardware issue from the printer. It is also noticed that the use of different filament gave different quality with Z banding ranging from medium to higher. Another factor is that the climate with rain and moisture effected the print quality depending on the day. Both the issues were solved later with better surface quality and consistent layers.

As more and more prints were done, Mels learned to tweak the settings further and improve the quality beyond what was ever predicted from a wooden printer.