Another one with the same problem. I was printing a very nice Venus and it was almost a perfect print when the printer stopped... In that moment I was not able to find a pattern. However, today I was doing another print (2 hs so far) and I left the room, turned of the lights, and when I came back I turned on the lights and kaputt... print to the garbage... Then I've found this thread... I haveby diegudio - General
I have some news... 1) reading and reading I figured out the most economical configuration for the electronics. As I already had a Arduino Mega, I will buy the kit for mounting the RAMPS 1.4 and 4 motor controllers. I'm not sure if this configuration is better than Gen7, but if both uses ATMega chips, I guess that the softwared uploaded to the chip should be similar (or even the same). I haven'tby diegudio - General New Machines Topics
Quote I have had great success using stainless steel rods (not precision ground, just good quality) and removing the centres from normal bearings to use as bushings. I just make sure there is always a big blob of grease trapped between each pair of bearings on a slider. Interesting... I was thinking also in using rods with linear bearings (like LM8UU) that are not so expensive... I was afraid ofby diegudio - General New Machines Topics
My worry with the drawer slides is what you can see in these two pictures: PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2 When the sliding cart is in one extreme, everything is OK, but when it goes to the other extreme, you need extra space for the slides that are "poping out" from the frame... Either you do this, or you put the slides in such a way that you distribute this "poping-out" material in both sides...by diegudio - General New Machines Topics
Quote I mentioner Gen7, not Gen6. Gen7 is DIY-able, Gen6 is designed for industry production. Oh, you are right... sorry!... I've just got confused after reading information about Gen6 and Gen7. But in any case, apart of the Gen7 board I will always need the 4 motor controllers, right? I mean, the Gen7 is not controlling the motors directly? I reformulate my question: is there any all-in-one-coby diegudio - General New Machines Topics
Thanks Traumflug!... Yes, the two bars of the frame are wooden profiles, and will be glued and reinforced with a metallic L on one of the sides to keep the structure stable. I need to inform myself a little better about electronics... The idea that I had was to use the Arduino and add the 4 motor controllers, but I'm not sure if this is possible. I imagine that the Gen6 that you mentioned is aby diegudio - General New Machines Topics
Hi there! My name is Diego, an argentinean in Austria and I'm new to the forum and to the 3D printing world... I've been thinking in having my own CNC almost since the beginning of time, but due to space, noise and dirt reasons I keep it in stand by for the future... until I discovered the RepRap world and the possibility of having my own DIY printer and the dream of CNC came back again. One paby diegudio - General New Machines Topics