Our Fuzzy's Pizza meeting facility worked so well... I suggest we plan a meeting soon with the goal of it being hands-on construction and testing. I would suggest 12:30pm to 4:30pm. I would say we need to have at least 5 confirmed attendees to make this kind of time commitment worthwhile. The last meeting was suggested only a few days before... we are 11 days out on this one, I think that should be plenty of time to see who is serious enough to show up. P.S. I would encourage issues like getting the extruder bearings cut in half we try to put on the table to have solved by that meeting / people who need boards soldered, etc. I already have a couple spare boards soldered up, extra plastic I can donate to people, etc. That way we can maybe help people out with areas they find difficult or where they are waiting on orders to be filled. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,7993#msg-7993 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:27:58 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,207371#msg-207371 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,207371#msg-207371 Admathaideas Texas, Houston RepRap User Group Fri, 10 May 2013 17:06:52 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,8003#msg-8003 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,8003#msg-8003 RoundSparrow Texas, Houston RepRap User Group Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:38:35 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,7995#msg-7995 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,7995#msg-7995 Jim looks like he's pretty close on the McWire setup.
I can finish soldering my other boards by then and have a 1st gen system electronics and you (after fixing your wires) should have a 2nd gen system and extruder head (after a new thermistor).
I would think that except for some true capa, we could put together a working (very slow) repstrap. I'm not sure who else is building Darwin, but I like the design of the system so it would help me with printed parts. The BOM for the parts at McMaster is almost $400 though. I did find a way to take almost 150 off of that, but money is still an issue for me, so I'm in no immediate rush just yet.
On the other hand, I did mention making a system to make the long stands of capa (similar to the HDPE that sells on the site). So if anyone has a decent amount they'll let me use for the tests that would help. I have a few designs in mind already.
I'm looking for a good source of 5/16 smooth steel rods. It was suggested I look at local steel shops (since home depot charges 3.80, more than I want to pay). Anyone know a place in Houston / North Houston.

I don't really see too much of an issue with the extruder bearings, but that's after I've gotten my dremell in some tight places. If anyone needs that done there I can probably help (as long as someone can bring some vise grips). I think it might be a little loud though for the area.

I know my drive isn't as long as Stephens, but I would like to make sure we are going to be productive so I suggest a prewritten list of targeted acomplishments for this specific meet. I hope that doesn't make me sound pretentious, but I'm a lazy SOB who needs results from any work.

I got my live CD to run my stepmotor tests, but the way. I still can't get windows to run it. Still working on it though.

Dylan]]> Dylan Texas, Houston RepRap User Group Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:36:42 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,7993#msg-7993 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?26,7993,7993#msg-7993
I would suggest 12:30pm to 4:30pm.

I would say we need to have at least 5 confirmed attendees to make this kind of time commitment worthwhile.

The last meeting was suggested only a few days before... we are 11 days out on this one, I think that should be plenty of time to see who is serious enough to show up.

P.S. I would encourage issues like getting the extruder bearings cut in half we try to put on the table to have solved by that meeting / people who need boards soldered, etc. I already have a couple spare boards soldered up, extra plastic I can donate to people, etc. That way we can maybe help people out with areas they find difficult or where they are waiting on orders to be filled.]]> RoundSparrow Texas, Houston RepRap User Group Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:04:14 -0500