Here is the latest version of the Sidewinder (working title). It has become a little more complex, as we need to account for the tolerances achievable with our SLS supplier. That turned the Sidewinder (working title) into a 4 part extruder instead of a 3 part one. I hate adding parts! But at least now I am confident that it will work in production. (we have learned a lot these last 2 weeks)by Lykle - CoreXY Machines
You are getting no help here at all are you? OK, let's give it a try. I will PM you later today.by Lykle - General
The Geckotek build plates were spring steel plates. Nice and thin and flexible. But stiff enough to stay flat. (most of the time) Lykleby Lykle - General
It also means that you can only probe with a very clean nozzle. Any filament oozing out will stop conductivity. So, process would be to heat up, clean the nozzle completely, cool down so no oozing is happening and then measure?by Lykle - General
Nice work DJ, thank you. Did a bang up job as usual. Looks like it is a nice print surface, looking forward to try it out myself. Lykleby Lykle - General
Welcome back Richard.by Lykle - General
OK, let us all shut up about gears, Nimble vs the other one etc etc. This is a post about Outcast wanting to build a CoreXY. Let this post continue on that and if you want to discuss the merits or demerits of the Nimble, start a new thread. I for one, am looking forward to see a wooden CoreXY built and want to see how he does it. Let's get back to that and leave the other stuff somewhere else.by Lykle - CoreXY Machines
Quotelkcl that's fantastic to hear. No problem. Thanks. Lykleby Lykle - CoreXY Machines
We will, in time. Brian is one of the main contributors to Drupal, so we certainly know the value of Open Source.by Lykle - CoreXY Machines
Thingiverse does not allow open license. We picked the least restrictive one.by Lykle - CoreXY Machines
No, we are developing a few more Nimbles for specific applications, but there is no danger of us getting overloaded. Even found time to design an effector for a competing extruder. (started off as a joke, turned serious fast) Besides, adapters are easy to design. As long as the base is correct. And by the way, all the design files for the adapters, adapter bases and groove mount adapter are freeby Lykle - CoreXY Machines
I, for one, am looking forward to see what he is going to build and especially how it will perform over time. Always had a fascination on CoreXY type printers. I guess eventually I will simply have to build one. Lykleby Lykle - CoreXY Machines
Yep, you are right. In this case it is a lot more important than in a Delta where the bend radius is almost always shaped by the sleeve well within the safety margins. But this is a work in progress, it is not a product yet, it is still under development and it will be changed before we add it as a product. as for tech details. I am sure we have mentioned it a few times and I am pretty sure weby Lykle - CoreXY Machines
yeah I need to get myself a pack of those as well. Nice to see it happily moving along. Lykleby Lykle - General
Thanks DJ, Nice to be appreciated every now and then. :-) Need any help on the 25 mm? Lykleby Lykle - General
Nice work Richard, great to see you persevere and get it right. Lykleby Lykle - General
Hi guys, @lckl Thanks for the compliment. Worked hard to get it compact. Just a quick mention of a couple of facts. We have published the POM used in the gears, can't find it now but will get back to you on that. Was back in the Kickstarter days. Everything in the Nimble is designed by me, working with Brian. The only off the shelf components are the bearings and the nuts and bolts. The hob,by Lykle - CoreXY Machines
Hi guys, @lckl Thanks for the compliment. Worked hard to get it compact. Just a quick mention of a couple of facts. We have published the POM used in the gears, can't find it now but will get back to you on that. Was back in the Kickstarter days. Everything in the Nimble is designed by me, working with Brian. The only off the shelf components are the bearings and the nuts and bolts. The hob,by Lykle - CoreXY Machines
Good points Origamib, I looked at how I could lower the filament as well, but in the end it needs to be vertical by the time it enters that hot end. Using an Aero style hot end will lower that point, but the issue remains. (btw, I found old PLA to be the most brittle filament, you know anything more brittle?) And as to the print area, yes, it all depends on how the drive cable and other wires aby Lykle - CoreXY Machines
Nice mashup of different products. MrBlom used an Aero based hot end, mounted a Nimble inside and fixed all this on a print head swapping printer. What a tight package! Hmm, sorry about the sideways image. I love it! It looks like a very nice compact unit. It is so well packaged that the Nimble all but disappears from view. It is almost the size of a "normal" hot end, but has the extruder inby Lykle - General
OK, I will tell the attribution story one more time. We are forbidden to use the other drives name, by contract. So at Kickstarter we didn't and were called out on it. We added attribution and Jason told us to remove it. We did. End of story. QuoteOrigamib I think the lack of customer input apart from yours, Lykles and Brian's is exactly why many are off put. Agreed, but give us a chance? Mby Lykle - General
So work it the same way as aligning your printer head works on an inkjet printer, especially one with a scanner. Would be very useful to have, but would the cost be worth it?by Lykle - General
Thank you Richard. Much appreciated. I hope your filament sensor is recovering well? Or did you need to make a complete new one? We did measure the force of course, and have seen pulling forces of over 7 kg. Personally I think that anything over 6 kg is overkill as the optimal pressure for a good hot end is around 4 kg. Somebody did research with a load cell and I wish I could find it again.by Lykle - General
Not hard. I do it in the Dual Nimble. Little nubs that allow you to click in a nut and the nut will stay in there. Even when positioned on the Chimera they do not fall out and still have enough room to "settle" and be pulled tight. Is a standard component in my design library now.by Lykle - General
I have been digging into this a little bit more and have started to do some design work on ways to use multiple filaments. There are a couple of things that I have defined for myself as conditional decisions, probably the best way to describe them. I do not want a system with 2 nozzles set at the same height, bound to cause trouble for me. I looked at making a mixing nozzle so I could feed twoby Lykle - General
Too late for you, Richard, I know, but just wanted to let you know that because of the amount of Nimbles we are shipping we managed to get a better rate for the shipping. So International shipping is now € 5 cheaper. New products coming soon as well. I hope you have seen it in the general chat.by Lykle - General
Now that you have the Nimbles and everything is installed and working, I am really looking forward to see how the magnetic sensor is going to work. The spring just rests against the filaments as they slide through? Depending on the spring force that could generate quite some friction. But then again, you don't need much pressure of course. Lykleby Lykle - General
If you have brass inserts that is the best solution, yes. Also my preferred solution.by Lykle - General
Print stepper motor mounts? The lovely aluminium brackets supplied with the Nimble are not enough? Or do you mean mounts to mount the brackets on? Lykleby Lykle - General