wahoo!!

i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.

~Zach
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Go Zach!!!!! :-D

----- Original Message ----
From: Zach Hoeken
To: Reprap Developers
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:52:46 AM
Subject: wahoo!!

i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.

~Zach
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Zach Hoeken wrote:
> i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
> my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.

Excellent! I'll try to get the bug out of the extruder code (see previous) in
time...

Yours

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no worries on the extruder... by 'final' i mean the final shipment
needed for the comms + 3 stepper boards. i wasnt sure what i needed
for the extruder one yet. i imagine i'll be making many more orders
to mouser.

also... today has been a great day! i just got a nice late-night
purchase i had forgotten about: 11lbs of ferric chloride. i'm SOOO
ready to start trying to make boards w/ reprap.

~Zach

On 2/27/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
> Zach Hoeken wrote:
> > i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
> > my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.
>
> Excellent! I'll try to get the bug out of the extruder code (see previous) in
> time...
>
> Yours
>
> Adrian
>
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i got the one linked from the wiki:

[www.pololu.com]

is this the correct one? i sure hope so. if not, please let me know
because that info needs to be correct...

~Zach

On 2/27/07, Forrest Higgs wrote:
>
> Which Solarbotics gearmotor did you get for the extruder? Was it 6 or 12v?
> Do remember that there will probably have to be a few tweaks to the extruder
> board controller board for that solarbotics motor. It has a different gear
> ratio and possibly a different voltage to the one Adrian specified. It's
> not a big difference unless you got a 12v.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Zach Hoeken
> To: Adrian Bowyer
> Cc: Reprap Developers
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:27:52 AM
> Subject: Re: wahoo!!
>
> no worries on the extruder... by 'final' i mean the final shipment
> needed for the comms + 3 stepper boards. i wasnt sure what i needed
> for the extruder one yet. i imagine i'll be making many more orders
> to mouser.
>
> also... today has been a great day! i just got a nice late-night
> purchase i had forgotten about: 11lbs of ferric chloride. i'm SOOO
> ready to start trying to make boards w/ reprap.
>
> ~Zach
>
> On 2/27/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
> > Zach Hoeken wrote:
> > > i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
> > > my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.
> >
> > Excellent! I'll try to get the bug out of the extruder code (see
> previous) in
> > time...
> >
> > Yours
> >
> > Adrian
> >
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Quoting Zach Hoeken :

> no worries on the extruder... by 'final' i mean the final shipment
> needed for the comms + 3 stepper boards. i wasnt sure what i needed
> for the extruder one yet. i imagine i'll be making many more orders
> to mouser.

No worries! It's driving me demented (see mail I called Crazy Debug or
something...)

> also... today has been a great day! i just got a nice late-night
> purchase i had forgotten about: 11lbs of ferric chloride. i'm SOOO
> ready to start trying to make boards w/ reprap.

Excellent! Do not let FeCl3 within 50 paces of anything you value
(clothes, shoes, sinks, kitchen utensils, girlfriend, etc...) It gets
orange spots everywhere...


Yours

Adrian

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> On 2/27/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
>> Zach Hoeken wrote:
>> > i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
>> > my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.
>>
>> Excellent! I'll try to get the bug out of the extruder code (see
>> previous) in
>> time...
>>
>> Yours
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> [staff.bath.ac.uk]
>> [reprap.org]
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Quoting Forrest Higgs :

> Which Solarbotics gearmotor did you get for the extruder? Was it 6
> or 12v? Do remember that there will probably have to be a few tweaks
> to the extruder board controller board for that solarbotics motor.
> It has a different gear ratio and possibly a different voltage to the
> one Adrian specified. It's not a big difference unless you got a 12v.

I suspect the 12v motor will probably be OK (though I haven't tried
it). The 6v motor has to be run at a pretty low PWM to work sensibly,
so just up that and the 12v should go fine.

Yours

Adrian

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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Zach Hoeken
> To: Adrian Bowyer
> Cc: Reprap Developers
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:27:52 AM
> Subject: Re: wahoo!!
>
> no worries on the extruder... by 'final' i mean the final shipment
> needed for the comms + 3 stepper boards. i wasnt sure what i needed
> for the extruder one yet. i imagine i'll be making many more orders
> to mouser.
>
> also... today has been a great day! i just got a nice late-night
> purchase i had forgotten about: 11lbs of ferric chloride. i'm SOOO
> ready to start trying to make boards w/ reprap.
>
> ~Zach
>
> On 2/27/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
>> Zach Hoeken wrote:
>> > i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
>> > my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.
>>
>> Excellent! I'll try to get the bug out of the extruder code (see
>> previous) in
>> time...
>>
>> Yours
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> [staff.bath.ac.uk]
>> [reprap.org]
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Developers@reprap.org
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oh, i've used FeCl before... thats how i made my last boards. i ran
out of it though and had to re-order. this time i went for a larger
shipment.

also... please let me know if i got the right motors. i dont see
anything on that url i linked to about voltage. the wiki should point
to the motor that people will use from here on out, not what was used
in the past.

~Zach

On 2/27/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
> Quoting Zach Hoeken :
>
> > no worries on the extruder... by 'final' i mean the final shipment
> > needed for the comms + 3 stepper boards. i wasnt sure what i needed
> > for the extruder one yet. i imagine i'll be making many more orders
> > to mouser.
>
> No worries! It's driving me demented (see mail I called Crazy Debug or
> something...)
>
> > also... today has been a great day! i just got a nice late-night
> > purchase i had forgotten about: 11lbs of ferric chloride. i'm SOOO
> > ready to start trying to make boards w/ reprap.
>
> Excellent! Do not let FeCl3 within 50 paces of anything you value
> (clothes, shoes, sinks, kitchen utensils, girlfriend, etc...) It gets
> orange spots everywhere...
>
>
> Yours
>
> Adrian
>
> [staff.bath.ac.uk]
> [reprap.org]
>
> > On 2/27/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
> >> Zach Hoeken wrote:
> >> > i just got my final shipment from mouser, my solarbotics motors, and
> >> > my nichrome wire. this is going to be an exciting week.
> >>
> >> Excellent! I'll try to get the bug out of the extruder code (see
> >> previous) in
> >> time...
> >>
> >> Yours
> >>
> >> Adrian
> >>
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Quoting Zach Hoeken :

> also... please let me know if i got the right motors. i dont see
> anything on that url i linked to about voltage. the wiki should point
> to the motor that people will use from here on out, not what was used
> in the past.

I'm 99.73% sure that what you have will be OK. I'm running 6v motors
off a 12v board, which is not ideal. But the pulse-width modulation
makes them work perfectly. I just have to remember not to wind them up
too fast. 12v motors should be better, in the sense that it'll be
impossible to damage them no matter how fast you ask them to go.

So - if you have 12v and they work, we can add them to the page; if you
have 6v they'll work because mine do.

If the worst comes to the worst, I'll swap the ones you've got for some
of mine - I bought a bunch the other day.

Yours

Adrian

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