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Building a SplineScanner or BookScanner? Using one, made it better? Your RepRap is a scanner? You just use a (video)camera to scan things? You make your own telescopes? Talk about it here.
Re: Implementing Postscript as firmware - 13 years ago
snipby ElectricMucus - Firmware - experimental, borrowed, and future
Re: Idea for metal-printing extruder - 13 years ago
Sounds like an overkill to me. The Laser & the Pump alone would cost a fortune. How would you maintain the vacuum if the molten metal needs to be extruded? And if you are using a magnetic field with high magnitude you could skip the laser & the pump and go straight to induction heating and materials which can withstand the temperature. (almost all ceramics do that and there are plenty ofby ElectricMucus - Mechanics
Re: TRobot - open hardware articulated arm robot - 13 years ago
Looks like fun, I can't imagine it could be used for anything useful though. At least in this state of development, the frame oscillates way too much to do anything productive. Change it from 1/9 scale to 1/5, use steppers instead of servos and a more rigid construction and it would be fine. And this software will probably cost more than an army of those miniature robotsby ElectricMucus - Robots!
Re: Power efficiency of induction heating??? - 13 years ago
I think there is a very strong point for induction heating: You could make the hot zone very, very tiny. Right now the major part of the heat does not go to the filament but is lost from dissipation and infrared from the hot end, the heater block etc... A induction heated hot-end could consist only of a tiny ring or mesh of iron or high permeability steel with ceramic for the rest. The plastic wby ElectricMucus - Plastic Extruder Working Group
Re: Which Electronics for milling - 13 years ago
On the other hand: can I use the outputs of the motor shield in parallel & arrive at the desired ampage? In theory it should work but there could be something I am not aware of...by ElectricMucus - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
Re: Which Electronics for milling - 13 years ago
Issue is: Can I control the micromot with a 2A motor shield & still get full power? I think not since it is rated 40W / 12V...by ElectricMucus - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
Re: Which Electronics for milling - 13 years ago
Hello, well the problem with ramps is, I want some additional means of controlling the dc motor of the tool. So another solution + ramps would be expensive It would be nice if the rpm could be controlled by software and I have no Idea how I could do this with ramps. I assumed that there would be a ramps equivalent for mills, but as it seems I was wrong...by ElectricMucus - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
Which Electronics for milling - 13 years ago
I've bought a CNC mill on eBay as well as a Arduino 2560 Clone. Now I am looking for other things I need. I have though of RAMPS but a kit is expensive, it has options I wouldn't need & is missing something else. At best I would have 3 stepper outputs & one high powered dc output for the tool. I wonder if there is a shield for that or a similarly continent solution...by ElectricMucus - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
Fräse auf eBay gekauft - 13 years ago
Ich habe mir eine Fräse auf eBay gekauft... QuoteDaten und Lieferumfang der Maschine: 3 starke bipolare Schrittmotoren (0,8A / 1,8°) mit 3 Diodenstecker Übergabe zu den Antriebsspindeln mit Übersetzung (1:3) mit Zahnrädern, im Halbschrittmodus erreichen Sie 800Schritte für 1mm Verfahrweg (0,00125mm pro Schritt) Die Antriebsspindeln sind dreifach Kugelgelagert einen Halter für eine Proxxon Miby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: iron powder extruder - 13 years ago
I think if you go this far - meaning heating with induction and powder extrusion you should attempt to make it usable for copper as well. It isn't that far you basically only have to make the frequency of the induction coil adjustable as well. Induction heating works with theoretically any material iron is just the easiest to do because you get the benefit of magnetic hysteresis in addition to tby ElectricMucus - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
Re: Plastic recycler - 13 years ago
mlagana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > here is a nice and simple destroyer: > > little dangerous without a chute though! > > > ded&v=ibEdgQJEdTA This looks dangerous as hell, definitely needs a chute! For Plastic Bottles you won't need such a strong mechanism so you could use thinner blades from a laser cutter. Has anyone worked onby ElectricMucus - General
Re: RepRep Book - 13 years ago
QuoteI doubt anyone would subscribe to a physical print of this information when there is a MASSIVE amount of digital info out there. That depends on it's contents. It would have to be something that lasts & could be used as a reference manual. Alot of people appreciate information i its physical form. And think about the whole Makerbot crowd... imo a main reason why this is so successful isby ElectricMucus - General
Re: RepRep Book - 13 years ago
I just had an Idea of making a Magazine. Every Issue would describe some part of a reprap and would include some part you need. Issue one could include an extruder, printed and nonprinted parts with an intro and general concept of reprap. Issue two could include the other plastic parts with writing about the mechanics instructions on how to build & a short interview. 3 an ardurino with a shoby ElectricMucus - General
Re: Bausatz für enthusiastischen Anfänger - 13 years ago
QuoteGeht auch ohne... meine erste hab ich mit der Hand-Bohrmaschine gemacht. War mir schon klar das es geht... ist halt immer eine Frage des Aufwands.... Ich dachte da zb die Düse aus Keramik zu machen, da ein Stück Eisen einzubetten für die Induktionsheizung und dann mit einer Standbohrmaschine durchzubohren. Vorausgesetzt es findet sich ein Material das sich so bearbeiten lässt... aber allesby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: Bausatz für enthusiastischen Anfänger - 13 years ago
Klar, wobei das ist halt genauso "closed" wie andere Makerbot, Ultimaker, Mosaic, etc... Die alu teile sind laser gecuttet afik da brauchts halt einen zugang dazu um das selber zu machen.. Es ist in meinen Augen einfach ein schritt zurück bei Teilen die nicht selbstreplizierend besser oder einfacher funktionieren. Der Mendel und Prusa haben ja auch noch eine so große menge an Teilen die extra geby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: Bausatz für enthusiastischen Anfänger - 13 years ago
Stoffel15 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apropo "closed source" > > von dem Orca hab ich bisher noch keine Dateien > gesehen. > > > sieht mir eher nach reiner Werbung aus. Nein, das ist schon versprochen die sind nur etwas hinten nach haben also noch keine Drucker ausliefern können und veröffentlichen die quellen dann bei der ersten Auslby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: 3mm or 1.75mm feedstock - 13 years ago
Several People have reported that they have more stringing and ooze on 1.75mm than on 3mm filaments. What is behind this? For example there are some makerbot users having issues... Is that more a issue due to unoptimzied software / the makerbot hardware or is there a principal disadvantage which leads to reversal not working as well? I'd imagine that the smaller diameter leads to a smaller undby ElectricMucus - General
Re: Bausatz für enthusiastischen Anfänger - 13 years ago
Ja UP ist leider zu teuer und closed source... wenn ich das geld hätte wärs eine überlegung wert, aber dann eher doch nicht.. Ich hab den Eindruck das die Qualität der UP drucke vorallem an der Software liegt. Da gibts einen vergleich mit einem Tornado gedruckt mit einem UP und einem Ultimaker, die Layer waren nicht viel besser nur der UP hatte offensichtlich was um die Vertexes mit Bezier Kurveby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: Bausatz für enthusiastischen Anfänger - 13 years ago
QuoteDas Maschine kostet per Stunde und es dauert viel länger 1 Kg im 1,75mm strang zu verwandern. Was verstehst du nicht? sehr vieles >< kann ja auch pro kilo sein aber warscheinlich hast du ja recht... dann bedeutet das aber das die handelspanne noch groß genug ist. Quotedann rechne mal die Meherwertsteuer noch dazu... hab ich nichts für ungut ihr zweiby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: Object Reconstruction from Photographs - 13 years ago
I think you could get fairly accurate results with a acceleration sensor and gps. Of course this doesn't work for existing photographs. The better way is a second camera though. But there is nothing against combining the 2 since a position wouldn't hurt anyway since otherwise the error can accumulate .by ElectricMucus - 3D Scanners, Book Scanners, and Optics
Re: Bausatz für enthusiastischen Anfänger - 13 years ago
BE-Flo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 1,75mm in ABS und PLA > > > 2_101.html?zenid=41c79f664fbdd8de57852cb1388340de > > Gruß > Flo Super danke, na immerhin. Bei PLA werd ich dann wohl warten, bis das die konkurrenz (mendel-parts) wieder lagernd hat, 28.8€/kg... Das das teurer herzustellen ist glaub ich auch nicht wirklich, die miete füby ElectricMucus - Altes Forum
Re: Vacuum Chamber - 13 years ago
On the other hand this could work... This might be sufficient but you'd have to restrict the replication process to other parts... The second generation could use this... which also has the advantage of being able to produce low res parts and use the same powder.by ElectricMucus - MetalicaRap
Re: Idea: Aluminium Oxide PCBs and Redox - 13 years ago
QuoteI don't know how this could possibly be used to advantage, but it sounds fun anyway. Well we could use it as a very fancy way to create layer masks. But seeing this I think my Idea is pretty worthless since as it seems as long as aluminum oxide can it stays that way. The best thing I could come up with is using a reactive gas & a high voltage source..by ElectricMucus - General
Re: Printable high gain wifi antenna - 13 years ago
Awesome Idea! How about using a metal spray paint to increase the reflectivity of the material? I think the highest gain could be archived using a parabolic or semi parabolic form with the emitter sticking out of the center. Should look like one of these radar antennas then. You could also employ a secondary smaller reflector on the other end which reflects onto the larger dish to increase thby ElectricMucus - Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...)
Re: I need a big inkjet/mill for making "shop signs" - 13 years ago
Big inkjets or Plotters normally take rolls of paper and print on the end while rolling it out. Most also have a integrated knife for cutting the sheet after print. You could use the x axis for the print head and y for the rollers but no way this can be changed into a 3d printer later on. I think you best bet is just to build a big repstrap, use colored pla and a snap mechanism to assemble theby ElectricMucus - Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...)
Re: 3mm or 1.75mm feedstock - 13 years ago
Quote3mm ABS is very reliable. How can Plastic be reliable? My point is: if the extrusion mechanism, the metal part of the extruder is made for a smaller diameter I will get no grip, and if the hot end diameter is too narrow this would cause problems as well. So I just want to know if this could be the case... PS: Why do I get these 'weird' responses when buying a kit / not actually buildingby ElectricMucus - General
Re: 3mm or 1.75mm feedstock - 13 years ago
Can someone tell me please what exactly "optimized for 1.75mm" means. Well it should be fairly obvious but how reliable can I print with 3mm filament? It's the Orca v0.2 Mendel variant. Problem is: the 1.75mm filament is expensive, and really expensive in Europe. The only way to obtain is is via robotsavvy which charges way to much. So are there any experiences with that? Any tips on where toby ElectricMucus - General
Re: Open sourced linear bearing. - 13 years ago
QuoteI would rather see a miniaturized t-slot system, more along the lines of maker beam, or Lego Technics in metal, now that would be awsome. sure it would be... but wouldn't that even more expensive to fund? The problem here is: all these are getting farther away from a self-replicating concept.by ElectricMucus - General New Machines Topics
Re: Vacuum Chamber - 13 years ago
I don't think any standard pressure cooker would be large enough for any usable machine. From what I've researched building High Vacuum Chambers is a high tech art unobtainable by almost any technique. Even welding it together by hand is nearly impossible and even with very sophisticated equipment there is a very high failure rate. The welding has to be done in one go from the inside of the chamby ElectricMucus - MetalicaRap