1.5 Nametags and taking turns
Module 1 · Part 2: The room's rules · Lesson 5 of 14 · about 2 min
Printers are first come, first served, and each member may use only one printer at a time. There is no booking system and no limit on how long a job may run. The nametag is what makes this work.
A nametag reading #1000 MAKER MAKERSSON on the lid handle of the printer Saint Phalle, and the wall rack where nametags are kept, sorted by letter
Your nametag is a round 3D-printed tag that fits over the lid handle. Printing your own nametag is your first job in the room. Download the print file here: first-print_circular-name-tag.stl. It is a short, simple PLA print, and it uses everything this module teaches.
Your name label for the tag is printed at the member booth. Print your label there and stick it on the nametag. Use the same kind of label for your spools.
⛔ Hard rule. Your nametag must show at least what the member-booth label shows: your member number and your name. A tag with less on it, such as only a number, counts as no nametag.
Not a valid nametag: a plain printed tag with only a member number on it, on the printer Döderhultarn. The last two digits are hidden here
✅ Hard rule. Put your nametag on the printer as soon as you start loading filament, not when the print starts. Take it off only when the job is finished and you have removed your print. Printing your tag is the only exception.
If your job finishes while you are away. That is fine. There is no time limit, and many prints finish overnight. If someone needs the printer before you are back, they move your plate and print to the build-plate rack, with your nametag on the plate, and put your spool in the "This week" section of the filament shelf (1.7 Taking over a printer). That is where you collect them.
If a print is running on a printer without a nametag, or with a tag that doesn't show the owner's member number and name, anyone may stop it to free the printer. Clear the printer the same way as for a failed print (1.7 Taking over a printer).