Re: LISA Simpson
That's the answer I was looking for .... I'll scale my arm designs accordingly. Thanks!
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Quoteuncle_bob Scale up question: The central axis of the machine is a hollow plastic shaft that's printed as part of hub_bottom. The shaft appears to be 15mm in diameter. I'm *guessing* that scaling...
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@A2: That is great. The price is right. Here is a cheap source. [www.profhdwr.com] I am sure I will be using this for a mega Simpson. (Probably not a LISA. I am talking about a printer that can print...
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OK, so what's a good cheap / easy bearing for the 1/4 IP stuff at 0.540" (13.716 mm) ? R10 or 1633 maybe? Looks like: [www.txlampparts.net] Will sell you a lifetime supply of the 3/8-IP for less than...
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@uncle_bob, Quoteuncle_bob I assume the idea is to more or less crush fit the bearings on the pipe (17 mm bearing ID and 17.14 mm pipe OD) I would first try tapping it through the bearing, brass would...
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@A2: Filing off .1mm seems reasonable. This shouldn't affect the nut. I would have to think about it more but I would probably have plastic adapters for the bearings so you don't have to turn anything...
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At this point the tube isn't creating any obvious issues. Put another way, replacing it with an angle iron would not reduce the footprint. One thing to note - The clearance areas in the drawing are...
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How are things going? How do the new shoulders work out? Did they get rid of that singularity?
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Quotejason.fisher Would an L-shaped piece be preferable over a tube? You could line it up so the rod is partially inside of the L? Maybe like a one-piece steel bed framing piece? I'm exploring angle...
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Precision laser distance measuring involves a beam splitter a modulator and a detector in addition to the laser source. You use the reflected signal as a "resonator" in an oscillator. The period of...
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Does square, and parallel measurements require the same sophistication as distance measuring? A distance metric would be a big bonus. (tu)
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The whole process is one where you convert this or that either to the speed of light and flight time or to phase error on fringes. To do the phase error stuff you already need to know where you are...
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Andy, I like your design and am thinking about adapting some aspects of it to my Delta-Pi that I've constructed. One question I have is what is the best way to achieve equal length for your aluminum...
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delta printer - calibration problem
Hi all, Does anyone know by chance how to solve this problem with the calibration: Object is a square of side 50 mm size. cali_problem.jpg It seems that one axis is not operating properly (even if...
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So you already have performed the calibration steps here: [minow.blogspot.ca] and have flat travel? If each of your towers is built the same (same motor, same pulley, same belt) then steps per mm will...
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yes I know it should be same, but when you look on picture and where is the problem, it looks like one of tower have something different. Printer use spectra line not belt. Print have nice first layer...
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Interesting. I would guess it is not possible to level the bed (across all its area) and still getting Improper shape. My guess would be that if you have very well leveled bed (without the matrix...
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Hi, I once had similar strange problem which I finally tracked down to Cura. It was keeping it's previous settings between prints and objects and I was printing everything tilted like the leaning...
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thanks for reply, I will try it setup it once again. And we will see if something change. Or solution will be print only funny things with no specific size and shape :D like first test print...
View ArticleI'm Stuck. Need help calibrating endstops and Delta Radius... Please
Hello! I've been going round and round trying to calibrate my printer. I'm running the Latest Marlin. (DELTA) I have measured my X Y Z (A B C) Towers I can reach the bed (with a thick piece of paper:)...
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