Hoss's 3D Printers

[hoss2006]

Thanks I'll look for that too.
Hoss

[Fastest1]

Just convert your router to a printer.
Routers, if they have a decent Z would make a good platform for a printer and if you want
to mill the part later you could do that too.
Would be pretty easy to add the H1 system using Mach 3 to a CNCed router.
Just need the outputs for the driver for the extruder and a couple inputs for the heater with the temp control board.
Hoss

I am actually using Nuri's Gen 2 temperature controller. It is a stand alone piece of equipment that takes care of all extruder and bed temperatures, 3 inputs for thermistors and a thermocouple, 2 mosfet outputs and 2 relays. Seems to work nicely. Still waiting on a thermistor for the bed temperature.

[hoss2006]

More good stuff!
Thanks, Hoss

[3DLPrint]

..... CRAZY watching it happen.

any more info anywhere?

Chris

Why, Yes plenty more info:
1. Go to the 3dlprint website
2. Join the Yahoo! groups : diy_3d_printing_and_fabrication
3. and do ask questions. :-)

Cheers!
Peter

[hoss2006]

Why, Yes plenty more info:
1. Go to the 3dlprint website
2. Join the Yahoo! groups : diy_3d_printing_and_fabrication
3. and do ask questions. :-)

Cheers!
Peter

I joined but it'll be a while before I try and get into that stuff, very promising though.

The H1 kit shipped and is due tomorrow but I gotta get the prusa together first,
got the rest of the parts in for it including a box full of electronics to solder,
good thing my light has a magnifier.
Hoss

[DogWood]

The threaded rods and moving platforms are plenty accurate, at slower speeds.
It's when you try to up the print speed that they show their weaknesses.

But even with a platform that only moves in Z with the head doing the X & Y you still have issues and tradeoffs, you can go the route of Ulitmaker and have a remote filament driver which allows for a very light head that can move very quickly but the long filament after the driver makes it hard to keep stringing to a minimum.

Or take the MakerBot approach and have the filament driver as part of the head and the associated weight, this limits your speed quite a bit unless you have some good acceleration algorithms in your firmware or slicer (the new Replicator has a Z only platform and a head that moves X&Y)

Since most of this stuf is open source and community driven it can take a good while for the best features to get to the point where they are usable.

Hoss, you should grab the free version of NetFabb, it will check and quite often repair issues with STL files, will help make the printing process a bit smoother and cleaner

[DogWood]

Finally took a look at this site: RepRap: Blog
The Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 post is what I went to look at, he's printing at .01mm on a Prusa Mendel, what really intrigues me is he does it with ABS which most would have said wasn't possible.

No info on the nozzle size

[BAR553]

A little off topic, but anyone got a source for a computer to run Mach3, did a little checking and 32 bit is harder to find than I thought.

[dugpits]

A little off topic, but anyone got a source for a computer to run Mach3, did a little checking and 32 bit is harder to find than I thought.

If your in Highlands Ranch near Denver...

Craigslist...

denver all for sale / wanted classifieds "desktop xp" - craigslist

DON'T get a Dell E510. Some may work fine but I had loads of problems with mine and had to acquire another pc.

Doug

[hoss2006]

Downloaded Netfabb and will give it a looksee, thanks.

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Spent a few hours yesterday and got 75% done on the Prusa frame.
Followed the directions but now that I'm near the end, I can see it's wasting
about an inch of X travel so I'm gonna extend the frame mounts out to the end of the rods.
This is the Prusa V2 so maybe the dimensions were still for the Prusa v1.
No biggy.
Hoss

[mhackney]

Looking good Hoss. My SeeMeCNC kit is expected too ship on Monday.

As for PCs, do you have a "free cycle" list near your town? We do and I snagged all my PCs for free. A lot of people just want to get rid of them. Flat panel displays too.

cheers,
Michael

[Fastest1]

Downloaded Netfabb and will give it a looksee, thanks.

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Spent a few hours yesterday and got 75% done on the Prusa frame.
Followed the directions but now that I'm near the end, I can see it's wasting
about an inch of X travel so I'm gonna extend the frame mounts out to the end of the rods.

This is the Prusa V2 so maybe the dimensions were still for the Prusa v1.
No biggy.
Hoss

What YOU found an inch of wasted travel? Say it isnt so. I am sure before the month is up the printing world will be amazed with your contributions. The rest of us see the wheels spinning up there in your head. We are anxiously waiting to see them revealed.