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Re: Are (most) all 1 KG filament spools a standard size? - 10 years ago

Lyman Filament Spool Winder On Lyman Filament Extrudurer V3 he uses a Level Wind Fishing Reel

Re: Are (most) all 1 KG filament spools a standard size? - 10 years ago

FilaWinder

Re: RadRacer builds a "BerryBot3D" - 10 years ago

Great progress pictures! Regarding the side panels, I was thinking to use flat panels and mounting with angled brackets to avoid having to form panels. I was wondering if the side panels actually were a major part of the bases structural integrity or simply more of just face plates. Understanding they add to the rigidity of the base, but without them do you think you would lose stability?

Re: RadRacer builds a "BerryBot3D" - 10 years ago

Been looking forward to seeing your progress. Have you contemplated selling Aluminum Plate Kits, if not, you should.

Re: Cost and material usage - 10 years ago

Quoteswoozle Quoteddseeker 3D Printer Calculator This will help with estimating material cost of parts. Avast says this download file has a virus. Don't believe there is any malicious content and avast is just being cautious, seeing that it is an executable file you download. I downloaded this at work with no issues and it works fine but I had the same virus warning at my house (where I use av

Re: Recycling plastic - 10 years ago

Is this a Closed source or an Open source filament extruder?

Re: Cost and material usage - 10 years ago

3D Printer Calculator This will help with estimating material cost of parts.

Re: Old plastic disposal? - 10 years ago

(now I am craving pizza)

Re: Old plastic disposal? - 10 years ago

Re: Is it worth printing legos ? - 10 years ago

What Normand said... My son has thousands of Legos and megablocks, and the megablocks tend to just sit in the bins unused due to inferior quality. Only time the megablocks are ever really used is in custom builds where the megablock has a unique piece Lego does not have. So, I can see printing custom Lego pieces that you cannot purchase, that will be mostly structural (hidden) pieces and ones

Re: Old plastic disposal? - 10 years ago

Over on the Filastruder forums I have seen people mention using coffee grinders too.

Re: Old plastic disposal? - 10 years ago

You might want to look into getting or building Marcus Thymark's - Mini Shredder

Re: Pro's and Con's of Delta printers? - 10 years ago

QuoteGuizmo Certainly, deltas are much more fun to watch. This is sorta a big selling point, when pitching it to the powers that be. I remember back in the 90's when visitors from the corporate office came I would use my old pen plotter and laugh how they all would stand in awe watching it draw, "This is such cutting edge technology!!" Though I can't think of one time back then that anyone was

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

Was not the original reprap a direct drive worm geared extruder... I was thinking that the flexible drive shaft would simply be replacing the motor's location on a direct drive extruder, still using the hobbed filament driver gear and the tensioned roller directly above the hot end. Note sure how much torque loss and backlash you would get with using it like a dremel drive shaft. (pardon my ig

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

Jinx

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

a cheep Flexible Drive Shaft for a Dremal could possibly be used for the extruder

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

So you going to name this design, Delta Hydra? Three motors controlling multiple bots.

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

QuoteGuizmo @ddseeker: I also tried to find the patent for the Spal system with no success. Patent US4767386 - FLEXIBLE-ELEMENT TRANSMISSION. UNIT FOR DRIVING ROTARY MEMBERS IN GENERAL Patent US5440944 - SAFETY POWER WINDOW MECHANISM FOR ALL TYPES OF AUTOMOBILE FOREIGN Patent US5615577 - ULTRATHIN TRANSMISSION NIECHANISM FOR ALL TYPES OF AUTOMOBILE POWER WINDOW Patent US5810687 - POWER WIN

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

but just like the ball chain, you need tension... Speedometer cable? doubt it would have enough torque.

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

How about something like this Synchromesh Drive Pulley

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

QuoteSublime Yes it is multiturn. I used to install them and I believe they may have been some kind of syncro cable like ddseeker linked to or it was a ball chain. The ball chain would be easy enough to test out in a printed version and may be worth a try. I was just looking at Vic's Ball Chain Gears the other day thinking, "How can I use this?" and "I need to remember this, encase I figure out

Re: The Remoter - 10 years ago

QuoteGuizmo @Sublime, Thanks for the tip. I wonder how that system works. It appears it is a multiturn system, so it can work with the window crank. If that's true, then that's a much better mechanism, making possible UNLIMITED power transmision, not only a restricted amount. That makes me think, we could design an extruder almost as light as a Bowden extruder, with a remote motor but with no

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 10 years ago

Cool, glad to hear this... are you also carrying the replacement parts? There was a thread just the other day on the Delta forums asking if anyone knew of a US supplier... I will post the link over there.

Re: Green Printbed Alternatives - 10 years ago

"Continue ravaging the planet citizen." - Dust

Re: Help Writing Article on Proprietary vs. Open Source! - 10 years ago

You can lead a horse to water, but hell if I am going to do their homework for them...

Re: Enclosure and extractor fan - 10 years ago

Maybe try insulation foam to attempt to get it more air tight, then add another hose for air intake. You could add a fan blowing air in too help, in conjunction with the fan blowing out the exhaust hose.

Re: Help Writing Article on Proprietary vs. Open Source! - 10 years ago

Re: Recycling PLA and ABS - 10 years ago

Jinx

Re: Recycling PLA and ABS - 10 years ago

I recommend using the search function, type in your topic title, "Recycling PLA and ABS" and click search. There are a lot of discussions on this, and you can also search this topic on youtube to see DIY Grinders and Filament Extruders.

Re: Glass reinforced silicone rubber - 10 years ago

Yes, be careful, watched a video a month back where a guy was cutting glass for his printer and he did not realize how easy the glass separates after scoring it, he ended up dropping the glass when it snapped in two and it shattered and he was bleeding in the end... his cuts were not bad but it could have been worse.