Next up was printing the 3″ duct hose exhaust adapters.

Exhaust Adapters

These adapters just press fit onto the exhaust end of the blower fans. The 3″ duct which leads to the out of the house is secured to the adapter with a duct clamp.

All four adapters mounted on the blower fan

The images above and below show the adapters mounted onto the blower fan.

Angled view: All four adapters mounted on the blower fan

Just to clarify, the events of the majority of these blog posts are from the summer (2010) when I was assembling my machine. I have a lot more posts to catch up on before I really get to the machine as it currently is. I only created this website awhile after I had completed my printer and I felt that sharing its progress from the very beginning would be of interest to the community. So stay tuned for more posts :)