Re: Grounded Experimental Delta Printer
Hello to everybody. I'm new here and want to contribute to the community with my grain of salt. I have to admit I was inspired by your design, Nicolas, I liked the idea of an "inverted" delta robot...
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This view is also important: [attachment 17113 Armassembly5.jpg] On the math side, as you know, the relationship between the lengt of the arm (the distance of the variable side of the triangle) and...
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That is great! It looks like you used my initial motor configuration from the first post on this forum. Thoughts: *How are you going to tighten up the motor joint. (You would need to tap the end of...
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I started building the Cerberus 3D Printer but decided that my Prusa printed really well and what I really needed was a CNC router. I am re-using the 8015 extrusion and steppers etc. but these parts...
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If it was amazing before. Now there are no words. YOUTUBE DIABETES INDUCING CANDY! I reconfigured the middle arms and the hub to allow for greater travel and rotations. The build cube is up to 200mm...
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Thanks for the response Nicholas, There are still some details I have to improve, as my design is not final yet. I think I will forget about the pulleys and will use gears instead. I think it is...
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Ok, I re-read the equations of the Annirak drive. I have to analyze my design to see how complex will be the equations. I think I will start a new thread anyway so not to "contaminate" yours. Thanks...
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Nicholas The magnets I used are .5" sphere Neodymium. I did quite a bit of experiment with different sets ,but this seems to be the best size for good holding power. But I think the real trick is what...
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Please build this machine! Just know it is far from a finished product. Thanks for the info.
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Video Here is an idea for a ball joint. You have some kind of 3D printed plastic part on each side of a spherical ball magnet. The bolts can almost but not quite touch the ball. The bolts can also...
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Here's another thought on the Magnet joint configuration. Just thinking... what if instead of trying to secure the sphere, we use the dimpled steel receptacles like I mentioned on both arms and the...
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I don't have SolidWorks. I will see if I can crank out some OpenSCAD files and/or some dimensioned drawings. There are very unique parts. I don't think that Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks play nice...
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I am working on a laser cut version for Dan to build in the Ukraine. This is what I have so far for the frame. 3 unique parts so far. 10mm thick acrylic. 510mm rods 12 M8x25 (button head would be...
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What about Parasolid, STEP, or IGES? I've never had much luck getting openScad files into SW. I'm not sure about using a floating ball. At least I found that as the angle of the joint increased that...
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:)-DDeltaprintr - Teaser Video is OUT!
Hey ya'll! Some of you might have already been following the progress of the deltaprintr on the google group forums. A lasercut version deltaprintr that is aimed to be affordable and produce high...
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That's great you are doing design for acrylic. I have 3/8 (.343 Nominal )dark smoked acrylic in stock. I was asking for Solidwork friendly files because I would probably cut the first prototype...
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You can get steel balls at the end of a screw from DIN 71802 ball joints: Here is a picture how does it look: And even a non-angular version: All these have only 18° angle, but if you connect it to a...
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