Re: 3DR Variant Without ground rods and bearings
There's no reason why you couldn't do this with a 3DR, you'd just need a 20x20 carriage like Andy's (Cherry Pi).
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Hi guys. A quick update. I have recently replaced my Jhead hotend with an E3D mk5. I took the opportunity to also drop from 0.5 to 0.4 for the nozzle and I have a 0.3 nozzle spare to try. The new...
View ArticleRe: Rostock future version Firmware progress
Quotebobc The idea of writing a super new firmware that works for any type of non-cartesian kinematics, and takes advantage of the ARM processors is still a good one I think. I'd just settle for any...
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Will this help you get your build height back (and then some) with the E3D hotend? http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:189393 (I don't know if mashing the hotend tip into the build plate as a Z-probe is...
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Quotevreihen I don't know if mashing the hotend tip into the build plate as a Z-probe is going to have any effect on the orifice size over time, but it is an interesting concept that I just stumbled...
View ArticleRe: 3DR "Simple" Delta Printer
Yes, I changed service providers, so it will take up to 48 hours to "appear" again across the world. In other words, it should be visible to everyone before the end of Monday.
View ArticleRe: Scaling up Kossel Mini
QuoteA2 Why didn't you pick up on this, and point it out? Sorry. I did not even know nophead joined the discussion at the time I was writing my last response. Once I started to write it I did not see...
View ArticleRe: 3DR "Simple" Delta Printer
awesome. I'm building mine now and I am referring your your's and Rich's site daily. I spent all day designing and printing parts to adapt a trid printing's J-head to your hot end holder. I need the J...
View ArticleRe: 3DR "Simple" Delta Printer
Actually, I made a mistake when I transferred to a new provider and forgot to route my blogs correctly. I just fixed the problem, so you may be able to get to my blog again now. Sorry about that.
View ArticleOn diagonal rod length
So, I'm building a scaled-up Kossel Mini, with ~310mm horizontal extrusions. How long should the carbon rods be? I've heard two 'rules of thumb': 0.8x the aluminum extrusions, and twice the...
View Articlemotors getting really hot!!
I am using a geared nema 17 for my bowden extruder (1.75mm) and it gets really hot. What current should this motor be set at in the repetier firmware? RAMBO board (135= ~0.75A, 185= ~1A) Currently...
View ArticleRe: Rostock future version Firmware progress
Quotevreihen I'd just settle for any electronics board and firmware that labels the steppers A/B/C instead of X/Y/Z for a Delta printer! With both Cartesian and Delta settings in one config file, it...
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Quotehercek [If you are afraid of that then it should be possible to modify it so that it works like capacitive displacement sensor. It would be more expensive though. If expense was a concern, I...
View ArticleRe: LISA Simpson
If each of the shoulder joints connected to a motor and propeller, you would have a flying printer with motion controlled by the relative RPMs of each motor? :)
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Some people at delta bot google group tried to use optical approach and they failed. The angles to achieve total reflexion are too low. Problems with varying optical properties of bed over the area....
View ArticleRe: New aluminum profile for delta like printers, reducing nb of parts
It seems like a good idea, but not sure the sales will offset the cost of making a die.
View ArticleRe: New aluminum profile for delta like printers, reducing nb of parts
There doesn't seem to be sufficient demand to keep Makerslide in stock anywhere in Europe, so I can't see there being much of a market for something even more specialised. Some custom brackets for...
View ArticleRe: New Own Design Printer 'Cherry Pi'
Quotehercek Other than that, I do not really see why people consider (non-removable) z-probes so usefull. I have one too but it is removable. I used it for the intial calibration. And I used it once...
View ArticleRe: why delta not list on the Build a RepRap page?
QuoteRickM I hate that page so much, it's so uninviting to a novice user. There needs to be a 'portal' page, that draws new people in, not a wall of text and a few tiny obscure pictures of only...
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