About Nell and Ferris

I am Nell Barrow. I print at home, in a corner of my spare room I call the print bay. I am a hobbyist owner, not an engineer, not a lab and not a product reviewer.

Ferris is my first printer: a secondhand open-frame bed-slinger I bought from a neighbor. He still runs in the print bay. His first print for me was a small calibration cube that came loose from the bed halfway through. That failed first layer is how I learned bed leveling and nozzle height.

I print mainly PLA and PETG. I do not own a resin printer, so when I write about resin I say so and lean on the maker's documentation and the resin's safety data sheet.

House rules

• I take no sponsorships and get no free review units.
• I never claim to have tested a named printer, filament, part or tool, and I never invent a test result. If I have not tested something, I say so.
• When I quote a spec for a product, it comes from the maker's own published sheet, and I tell you that.
• Safety numbers are checked against the maker's documentation. Where good sources disagree, I give the safe range and say so.
• I do not write about printing weapons or anything meant to defeat a safety device.
• On fumes and health I name the source, such as the maker, a safety data sheet or a public health body. I do not give medical advice.