3D Printer or X3D Printer

[mikemill]

I have been looking at rapid prototyping recently i.e. 3D printers and RepRap community. Browsing this site I found a 3D printers forum and would you believe it some genius has come up with the idea of using a cnc mill as the basis of a 3D printer.
Add a print head (controlled fine glue gun) to the spindle a control card to drive it, an add-on to Mach3 and away you go, can’t wait to build one
What a wonderful world we live in!!!

Mike

[skrubol]

Unless you have a very fast CNC machine, it's not optimal for 3d printing. X and Y axes on 3d printers are typically belt driven and have rapids in the 500-1000 ipm range. Print speeds are often 300+ipm. Printing will take forever if you're running at normal mill/router speeds.

[mikemill]

Skrubol
Thanks for the info, as I said I have little knowledge regarding 3d printing, Have a look at the site the man is based in Turkey and seems to have it all worked out!!!!

Mike

[skrubol]

What site?

[Automate007]

Exactly where? Your link is missing to the site!

[mikemill]

Forum/other machines/ 3D printers/Mach3 as 3d Printer Software .
The first post has a link (small tutorial) to a blog site where all will be explained, he also makes parts for conversion here www gnexlab.com

Mike

[skrubol]

seemecnc isn't doing conversions, but their stuff is Mach 3 based. They have a Yahoo forum (ugh,) with a bit of discussion of using Mach 3 to control 3d printers.
Their hardware is pretty cheap too, especially if you have a PC with Mach and the electronics already.