You might not have your firewall/etc opened correctly for the port... I've used BT in the past for other stuff, so I've already gone through that headache... I've also got a great cable connection... so I've got a 100kB/s software limit, and I've shared it just under 7 times... 1.5 is nice and all, but I can saturate a lot of people's download bandwidth just by myself... (and it's always nice wby lordcat - RepRap Host
I'm actually doing some research on extruding higher temperature materials... I'm still working on getting my initial extruder up and running, but I've got a friend in the construction industry that I've been working with on a concrete based solution to the heat barrier... It'll be 'fragile' compared to what we've got now... but I was told that what we're looking at will work until we try and eby lordcat - Mechanics
The first thing (after the shotglass) that my repstrap will make... is a reprap... and once I'm satisfied (enough) with that design... I'll make another... and another... enough to fill my work bench... and then I'll make a few for my friends... I'm going for cheap... easy... and highly reprappable... I'm even making it so the limiter switches will be reprappable once we get the whole conductivby lordcat - Reprappers
I'm more for an army of repraps creating parts that you assemble into something... not everything needs to be a single piece! LEGO Bricks FTW!by lordcat - Reprappers
I've thought a little differently about the resistors... develop a way to vary the resistance in the circuit board pathways themselves and they become the resistors... The width and length of the pathways would play a big part in it... varying the conductive qualities of what you're extruding would also help... You've also got to look at the evolution of it... yea you can easily drop in mass pby lordcat - General
How about something water soluble, with a high temperature... like salt? a work surface made out of/covered with a slab of "saltlick" or something? I can't think of anything else water soluble that's got a high enough temperature... I couldn't find how they make the synthetic stuff, but maybe we could figure out how to make lightweight sheets of it to extrude onto? Maybe there's some other coby lordcat - Reprappers
Doing my own thing... out in Wheaton... building my repstrap outa LEGO Bricks! I've got an XY setup that I'm pretty happy with, starting on refining the Z axis soon... then it's time for the extruder! (not made out of LEGO Bricks) I got a lot of work ahead of me... carving my own path... but I've got a couple friends helping me that I'll be building repraps for! I'm trying for cheaper NEMA 17by lordcat - Illinois, Chicago RepRap User Group
(western suburbs) LEGO Bricks FTW!by lordcat - Illinois, Chicago RepRap User Group
Not that I know what I'm talking about... but I've dabbled in *nix from time to time... By LiveCD do you mean we boot this cd? does it have support for standard usb drivers and network shares (ie: *nix and windows) I'm not familiar with the distribution you're using... but does it have apache or some other web server? I don't see that being a necessity... what about source code? you can't exacby lordcat - RepRap Host
Thanks... the torque seems to do the trick... everything runs cooler at 55 and I don't have to lower my speed too much...by lordcat - Controllers
So I've been running my new boards with my NEMA 17 motors for a while today, and I've noticed that the motors have been getting really hot... Then I got to thinking about the voltage going to them... these motors are apparently rated for 5.1V... but am I correct in guessing that the stepper driver board is putting out closer to 9-12V? What voltage are these boards made for? and is there an easyby lordcat - Controllers
Tried a couple different ways with both my unipolar stepper motors, without luck, and then gave up when i found the bipolar steppers i had originally ordered! They weren't much more (still under $10 a piece), and they run much better than the unipolar ones I was using... I just gotta mount then properly and compensate for the added weight, and I'm in business! I gotta say, these boards are comby lordcat - Controllers
(in)conveniently enough... I've got 5 wire steppersby lordcat - Controllers
Has support for unipolar steppers fallen by the wayside? I've been away for a while... and it seems none of my old stuff works with the new stuff! The software crashes with my circuitry, and my axis stop working when I try and upgrade to the latest pic code, so I decided to 'get with the times' and ordered the rrrf circuit board kit... I see instructions for how to populate the board for bipolby lordcat - Controllers
I don't think 'big, thick solid' parts are a problem... it's more a matter of making a 'big, thick solid' part that isn't solid plastic... (ie: cost/weight/runtime/etc) inner support structure with gaps/etc and support material/etc would be more the 'problem' needed to solve the 'big, thick solid' part 'problem'...by lordcat - Reprappers
...how much of it is self-replicateable? That's always been my problem with most designs, too much of the assembly can't be self replicated... self replicating is what puts the 'rep' in 'reprap'!by lordcat - Mechanics
No extruder yet... The design is a moving xyz platform, with a stationary head(s)... I've designed it to be 99% reprappable (electronics, steppers, piece of thread/wire, copper strips that will be reprappable soon!) You can check the builders blog for my postings... they were back in January and Feburary... I've already been planning a reprap version of it (with appropriate overhangs, fasteneby lordcat - General
I don't like the Darwin design... so I've created my own... and the repstrap is out of legos! (all but the extruder... which I'm still working on)by lordcat - General
I've actually always thought of it more as a network device... they've got networked printers... why not networked 3d printers? fill the memory over the network and schedule/monitor the jobs over that network as well... add wireless for convenience...by lordcat - Controllers
I've been busy with work... busy with getting married... and busy trying not to go broke in the process... so I'm a little on hold at the moment, but not given up... I'm stuck at the extruder, but I'm hoping the fabricated kit will resolve that... I was happy with my (lego) design last I worked with it... i just hope my electronics aren't outdated with all the changes that have been going on!by lordcat - General