Re: Which extruder to choose?
Wow, thanks for the insight, I'm hoping my cross-bracing and other modifications to the frame will help boost its rigidity enough. Now that I know extruders don't have as large of an effect as I...
View ArticleRe: 3DR "Simple" Delta Printer
QuotePierreB A few thoughts after having printed a handful of things on the Simple Delta: It makes a fair amount of noise when moving the print head around, much noisier than my RRP Mendel or...
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Re: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
Hi all, I am having a problem to get my 3DR printing flat. I have searched but never found something similar. I have perfectly calibrated steps/mm and smooth rod radius. So I get the printer to...
View ArticleRe: Mini Kossel - G28 Homing Problem
FYI - In case someone else comes across this. It appears to have been a wiring issue. The problem went away after I replaced the wires from the stepper motor to the RAMPS board.
View ArticleRe: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
I don t know if you have calibrated the printer, it is not clear in your post, but if you didnt this could help you: Delta calibration by Jay Couture
View ArticleRe: Fixed, non-mechanical probe idea: Inductive Proximity Sensors
Any news about this ? I also thought about a similar solution but couldn t figure out where to put the sensor...and because anything with magnet field does not work well with heat, I didn t want to go...
View ArticleKossel Mini on Printrboard
I am in the middle of building a kossel mini and I have run into a small problem. I am using a printrboard that I took from my Prusa Mendel until I buy a new controller for the new kossel. I have the...
View ArticleRostock Mini - Homing Issues (video)
Please help me with my brand new Rostock-Mini build. I'm so exited to get my new printer going but I come from the sheltered MakerBot land. I'm very new to Marlin, Pronter, Sanguinolou and Rostock....
View ArticleRe: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
Hi zacbot, thanks,. well, I have done what I said in the last post: "I have perfectly calibrated steps/mm and smooth rod radius. So I get the printer to accurately go to 0.1mm over the surface near...
View ArticleRe: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
Calibrate the firmware to print flat At this point, it is likely that if the firmware instructs the printer to move the carriage across the build surface, the nozzle tip will not stay true to the...
View ArticleRe: Cutting custom Graphite Strong Wall Tube Rods from Tridprinting
I would imagine that a Dremel with a fiberglass cutoff wheel would be the best option. The high speed should keep the cut relatively clean and precise. Just cut slowly and be careful. You could try...
View ArticleRe: Cutting custom Graphite Strong Wall Tube Rods from Tridprinting
I suspect carbon fibers would be very bad for you lungs, so I'd cut with a vacuum nozzle close by.
View ArticleRe: Cutting custom Graphite Strong Wall Tube Rods from Tridprinting
I have cut unidirectional carbon fiber sandwich core panels with a pneumatic cutting/grinding wheel without any fanfare. You might want to wrap them in tape and then cut through the tape to prevent...
View ArticleRe: Cutting custom Graphite Strong Wall Tube Rods from Tridprinting
Seal the ends with with glue when finished, not just inside where your set screws go.
View ArticleRe: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
Hi Zacbot, thanks for your answer, but I already did that. It is step number 4 in the sequence I described. Right now I'm having correct height in points A, B, C, and also point D the center of the...
View ArticleRe: Kossel Mini on Printrboard
There is a section on endstops here: [reprap.org] Does that help?
View ArticleRe: Worm Drive Grounded Delta Printer
[attachment 30169 DSE_5281.JPG] [attachment 30170 DSE_5283.JPG] First round of molds are done. Starting to make some parts
View ArticleRe: Worm Drive Grounded Delta Printer
Nice progress. How are the molds holding up. Spend any time on the geometry issues.
View ArticleRe: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
Let's assume that on your picture: - tower X is on bottom-left and the build plate point near its base is A - tower Y is on bottom-right and the build plate point near its base is B - tower Z is at...
View ArticleRe: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released
This sounds familiar somehow :-) ... as mentioned quite some time ago, I have the same symptoms here, though - luckily - not too serious so I can live with it. This is something even the mose careful...
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