Awesome, thanks for that Andy!
Actually just dug up a build plate then (4mm thick mirror, 250mm round, beveled edges) which I hope will be fine. If required I might get something else to adhere to the bottom of it to strengthen it a bit... here's hoping the 4mm is fine though. I'd looked on eBay previously without luck. Might have been looking for glass and not mirror.. who knows.
Thanks for the tips on RAMPS too. There's so much info out there on it but I've struggled finding stuff specific to deltas. I mean, I could always make educated guesses, but it's a lot less stuffing around if I just ask on here.
Good news is that I didn't actually break my microswitch haha! I thought I'd broken the lever but ends up they actually are just held in there and can be removed with a slight bit of force, but also inserted again without difficulty. Even though we're playing with home made deltas I still get impressed by the precision of small components like that.
Build plate will be here in 2 days and hopefully the filament isn't far off! Maybe a calibration video might be required haha.
Oh, the only other question I have is... after looking through some of the config files for Marlin, will I need to measure precisely the full length of the delta rods? I think I recall seeing a measurement of 238.4mm or similar, but I only have a tiny 200mm set of digital verniers. :( Is there anything else a bit tricky that I will need to do for the config?
Actually just dug up a build plate then (4mm thick mirror, 250mm round, beveled edges) which I hope will be fine. If required I might get something else to adhere to the bottom of it to strengthen it a bit... here's hoping the 4mm is fine though. I'd looked on eBay previously without luck. Might have been looking for glass and not mirror.. who knows.
Thanks for the tips on RAMPS too. There's so much info out there on it but I've struggled finding stuff specific to deltas. I mean, I could always make educated guesses, but it's a lot less stuffing around if I just ask on here.
Good news is that I didn't actually break my microswitch haha! I thought I'd broken the lever but ends up they actually are just held in there and can be removed with a slight bit of force, but also inserted again without difficulty. Even though we're playing with home made deltas I still get impressed by the precision of small components like that.
Build plate will be here in 2 days and hopefully the filament isn't far off! Maybe a calibration video might be required haha.
Oh, the only other question I have is... after looking through some of the config files for Marlin, will I need to measure precisely the full length of the delta rods? I think I recall seeing a measurement of 238.4mm or similar, but I only have a tiny 200mm set of digital verniers. :( Is there anything else a bit tricky that I will need to do for the config?