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Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 months ago
Thanks Viktor. I look forward to revealing it!by myearwood - Developers
Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 months ago
Thank you Viktor. It has to be "stacking sheets". There is no way for the layers to adhere to a drum. I have so much of this operational. I promise it will be amazing, but I cannot reveal too much as yet.by myearwood - Developers
Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 months ago
Hi all myearwood here again. It's been a few years at least. I hope I'm not breaking any rules by resurrecting this thread. I was working on a then North-American patent-pending invention. When that patent ran out, we went world-wide and someone had attempted to patent almost the same idea and lapsed their patent. Therefore that patent is now in the public-domain. I plan to come back to it. I haby myearwood - Developers
Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 years ago
Hi Viktor What slicing software and firmware and control boards would be used in a DIY material jetting 3d printer, such as a home-grown Stratasys PolyJet? Thanks Mikeby myearwood - Developers
Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 years ago
Hey all I would like to pay someone to integrate inkjet encoder monitoring and show me how to wire it to a mks gen 1.4. PM me for info. Thanksby myearwood - Developers
Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 years ago
Hello Viktor I'll look into NanoDLP. Thanksby myearwood - Developers
Re: Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 years ago
Hi o_lampe Quoteo_lampe Some thoughts: A slicer is definitely the wrong software generator. It would try to print one color at a time and to make perimeters and infill. Maybe you are better off writing a python script as inkscape expansion? ( If only inkscape would run stable....) I'm after a 3D model - inkscape is not 3D. Blender would be better. However, one might want to include infill and pby myearwood - Developers
Inkjet + 3d printer hybrid - 5 years ago
Hey all I've built several 3D printers over the years, Deltas, Cartesians and a CoreXY. Now I've got a new idea and I need a little help. I was inspired by OpenDTG.com and UFOPrinters and several others that are hacking inkjets to print right t-shirts with special garment ink. They are not trying to do vertical motion. They need to support different thicknesses of garments. They even have UV curby myearwood - Developers
Re: Idea for DIY PolyJet printing - 5 years ago
Sudarshan, the NexD1 was suspended by Kickstarter because people thought it fraudulent.by myearwood - Developers
Questions multicolor - 8 years ago
Hey all I've seen a way to blend individual colors to make a new color which is extruded. What software exists to produce a model where many colors per slice is possible? What slicer can output color in the gcode? Isn't white a desirable output color? If so would that mean WCYMK at a minimum? Thanks Mikeby myearwood - Developers
Re: My wife just passed away. - 9 years ago
I'm very sorry to hear that. I wish there was something I could do or say to help.by myearwood - General
Re: OpenSCAD hangs when 3D view is touched on OS Windows - 10 years ago
That Development Snapshot solved the problem for me!by myearwood - 3D Design tools
powder plastic? - 11 years ago
Hey all I'm trying to create something, and in one of my weaker moments, I had the printer try to print something in mid air. It is a tower with a circle at the top. It might be easier to imagine a bell tower and I tried to print the bell last. I laughed when I watched that start - and hit cancel. It seems to me, the devices that use a tray of powder and resin and UV light would not have done tby myearwood - General
Re: Larger reprap mondo - anyone got one? - 11 years ago
Hey all I bought my 3d printer at thefutureis3d.com. Jeff is making really big printers. I'm new at 3d printing, but have lots of experience in hardware and software. The machine is well built, quiet and I'm very pleased with the results. Their customer service is very good. Jeff is a good guy. I'm not involved with him in any way, I'm just telling it like it is. Mikeby myearwood - General
Re: spiral in cylinder - not printing - 11 years ago
Hi Nudel OK. I finally got my printer up and going again yesterday. Your Openscad model printed reasonably well. Thanks very much for that! How would you go about changing the ramp in openscad to make it one layer of plastic? Mikeby myearwood - General
Re: spiral in cylinder - not printing - 11 years ago
Hi Nudel Interesting! That stl you sent was made by OpenSCAD! I repeated that exercise. Neat. Thanks for introducing me to OpenSCAD. I'm confused about why the printer prints all outer walls of the cube and the cylinders, but not the spiral ramp? I had guessed that was the problem, and had started on a more simplistic model to prove it to myself, but my computer stopped sending commands to theby myearwood - General
spiral in cylinder - not printing - 11 years ago
Hi all I've been trying to print the attached sketchup. I'm converting it to stl and then importing it into replicator g+skeinforge. All I get for the internal spiral is some seemingly random lines. Can anyone suggest drawing or skeinforge setting changes that will guarantee a good print? Thanks Mikeby myearwood - General
Re: The Future Is 3D - 11 years ago
Hi DeuxVis Sorry I didn't see your question sooner! I'm attaching a picture of the printer with a Ginger Ale bottle on the build platform for scale. It's a 12x12. I also have a picture of a scooby doo figurine. Think I had the PLA too hot cause it sagged on the lower jaw and ears. My fault, not the printer's. Mikeby myearwood - General
Re: The Future Is 3D - 11 years ago
Hi all I purchased one 12 x 12 3D printer from thefutureis3dcom. I drove to their location to pick it up. I've got over 30 years in application development and computer hardware sales and service. The device was assembled very well. It works well and runs smoothly and quietly. Software installation was a breeze, because they went a long way toward packaging the software for novices. Jeff Christiby myearwood - General
Clear/Transparent plastic - 11 years ago
HI all I'm very interested in making a model that is crystal clear. I've been trying to assemble a prototype of a product idea out of PET or PETG film. My question is, can the repraps work with this material? Would the resulting product be clear? Mikeby myearwood - Polymer Working Group