3D printing is quite the science! 🧑🔬 In a past life I worked in a biochemistry lab, so I learned a few tricks I wanted to share. 

I keep a lab notebook to better capture and analyze all the research and engineering that goes into it.  It requires a lot of attention to detail and rigor that is not my strong suit, but I feel like the very least I can do for myself is collect the details.  That way if I finally get it "right", I can see what I did. 

The part of the science I really fail at is that I modify many variables at the same time ("Oh... let's change the Speed, temp, and while I'm at it Z-offset"), so I have a hard time telling what changes I did improved or hurt the print.  🤦🏼

Notebook Template

Job printername-nn

**Settings**
Started:             
Total Duration:         
Name/Model:            
Slicer:                 
Printer:                
Filament:            
Chamber Temp:        
Chamber Temp Graph:        

**Outcome**
Quality (1-4):             
Sellable?            
Image(s):         

**Observations**


**Diagnosis / likely problem / explanation: **


**Next steps / changes / corrections / improvements: **

Sample Entry

Here is what an entry looks like: