" Busy - busy in the Jodrell Plank Observatory Clean Room today! The first prints made by Jolene had to be scrapped for two reasons; the first being, the printer configuration files and the print bed levelling had both been corrupted, whilst the 3d printer had been in storage and the second being, fabrication problems associated with the spectrometer design.
When she tried to fit the first prints together and on to the Seestar S30, the parts clearly didn't fit even though she applied some force. Kurt had to intervene by shouting " Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene......, please don't break it, just because you can" !
Several hours were spent, configuring the printer parameters and levelling the print bed to ensure the printer was working at its best. Several more hours were used re visiting and changing the design for the better.
The above plans show the three redesigned parts of the spectrometer, which interlock to hold 50% of the transmission grating in front of the Seestar's 30mm objective lens system and fix the spectrometer unit magnetically to the Seestar S30's housing.
Tomorrow our instrumentation engineer, Jolene McSquint- Fleming, will be combining and fixing all of the parts and completing the prototype spectrometer. We then just need a clear night in Lowestoft, so we can try it out"! - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
The three printed components shown on the 3d Printer Bed
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| A close up of the three components |
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| The 3 components loosely put together to check the fit and as seen from the bottom and Seestar end. The transmission diffraction grating will be sandwiched between the two upper components. |
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