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Thermoplast Extruder v1.1 Nozzle - Is the "nose" necessary?

by Joshua Merchant
1,286 5 07/22/2008 12:06PM
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Rep(St)rap design Attachments

by sid
1,722 9 07/22/2008 03:42AM
Last Post by VDX

MCB / Seedling: How to use the opto endswitches?

by daniel-kessel
1,226 10 07/21/2008 07:49PM
Last Post by sid

Extruder Design

by Mukul
1,278 4 07/17/2008 01:40PM
Last Post by Mukul

Crazy granule extruder idea

by sw
2,153 18 07/15/2008 06:27PM
Last Post by sid

Extruding! Yeah! Next issue is lumpy extrude. Need another drive screw. Attachments

by Wade
1,354 3 07/12/2008 12:02PM
Last Post by Wade

[idea] simple pick and place toolhead

by sid
1,369 1 07/11/2008 07:19PM
Last Post by sid

Suggestion: Construct Frame from Conduit

by rodzite
3,052 23 07/10/2008 11:24PM
Last Post by Colin K.

Maybe fab ladder chain instead of toothed belt?

by JohnWasser
2,211 11 07/09/2008 10:57PM
Last Post by JohnWasser

stepper exerciser calibration

by dwbowen
1,215 1 07/09/2008 06:04PM
Last Post by dwbowen

Missing STLs

by SonOfLilit
1,099 4 06/30/2008 03:31PM
Last Post by Leav

Z axis design suggestion

by reece.arnott
1,436 4 06/23/2008 12:11PM
Last Post by Wade

Using the Z axis drive pulley as the motor coupling

by Wade
2,119 6 06/23/2008 11:54AM
Last Post by Wade

Why hasn't anyone....

by Dylan
1,403 2 06/20/2008 05:38AM
Last Post by nophead

Toolhead Docking

by rodzite
1,458 4 06/16/2008 08:29AM
Last Post by rodzite

Isn't the angled motor in extruder causing any

by Batist Leman
1,425 3 06/15/2008 05:25AM
Last Post by Batist Leman

What's the latest and greatest extruder?

by Wade
1,840 1 06/13/2008 09:56AM
Last Post by Wade

Extremely low-cost fabricators?

by Mitchell
1,812 6 06/12/2008 06:23AM
Last Post by VDX

z-axis torque

by Dylan
1,561 3 06/12/2008 01:38AM
Last Post by Dylan

PTFE safety

by Idle Tinker
1,363 4 06/12/2008 01:12AM
Last Post by Forrest Higgs

Question about x axis frame rails

by Wade
1,290 2 06/10/2008 09:23AM
Last Post by brucew

possible next gen reprap design

by r2kordmaa
2,044 14 06/08/2008 08:52PM
Last Post by redskinsjbs

PCB Production   (Pages: 1 2)

by aka47
5,436 54 06/05/2008 04:58PM
Last Post by greenarrow

Seperate Z-Axis Drive

by Anonymous User
1,391 5 06/04/2008 03:53PM
Last Post by Forrest Higgs

McWire Lasercut Preorder

by ZachHoeken
2,091 11 06/04/2008 07:10AM
Last Post by xsainnz

very rough prototype pick place head type thingy

by John Meacham
2,576 20 06/02/2008 08:20AM
Last Post by aka47

New extruder build questions

by Colin K.
1,498 3 05/31/2008 04:49PM
Last Post by Colin K.

pick and place and solder dispenser for surface mounting

by tomato
1,470 5 05/31/2008 08:30AM
Last Post by Ru

Reverse Engineering

by Rick Montzka
3,625 20 05/21/2008 01:07PM
Last Post by brucew

Comparison of various cartesian frames

by Samuel
2,186 8 05/20/2008 10:48AM
Last Post by Demented Chihuahua