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Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

ok changed the ad ..It is now 12 LM8UU's for $ 25.50 Bucks US. and 6 (608's) for $9.95 US► Every one that bought bearing's from me have received them in good order. but international shipping has been way slow. i will change the carrier maybe FedEx can do it..

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: Ways to improve consistency of layer alignment? - 13 years ago

i bought a pair of this kind of pulley and found that the belt i had skipped on the teeth after moving by hand half the range of motion then i held the belts down and rolled the printed gear along them all seemed ok then i rolled the new gear along and after 3 inches i could see it was getting out of time with the belt teeth just a tiny bit and after 6 inches was way out. so i ordered a belt of

by spad007 - General

Re: PCB heated bed mounting - 13 years ago

dump the cardboard try Oatey® Soldering Flame Protector I got mine at Lowe's easy cut to size tape to Alloy bed put the heated plate on it then glass on plate tape corners

by spad007 - General

Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

ok i have received my resupply of 200 LM8UU's so back to selling sets of 12 i might list some sets of 11 don't know depends on orders

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: 1LB,5LB ABS,PLA filaments for sale and some view shared with you - 13 years ago

madpro Quotehave you a link to this review.

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

no listing at this time for rods i re-listed the rod and bearing set please see the ad for changes. have sold more of the LM8UU's a gent in MO and a gent in NY and received some nice Feed back 's from NM and Texas. Thanks Folks http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270817771099

by spad007 - For Sale

LM8UU's & 608's and Smooth rods for sale. - 13 years ago

I don't know if this counts as "A Vitamin Kit" But here is a link ►

by spad007 - Vitamin Kit for Sale

Re: Heated Bed Advice - 13 years ago

i saw this in this thread► Mono coat needs to be shrunk on with heat gun. as to A mirror the back side of some are coated with lacquer i have a first surface mirror i might try the alloy coating on the face is all nothing between.. just thinking

by spad007 - General

Re: Heated Bed Advice - 13 years ago

Cool to death.. I at times have applied tint to car windows following the directions on the package with (dish) soapy water popping bubbles with sharp straight pins . and heating the tint with hot air dryer . never tried Isopropyl but no reason it can't work . This seems to be a good idea going to try it Thank You

by spad007 - General

Re: Heated Bed Advice - 13 years ago

sliptonic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've started experimenting with window tinting > film on glass as build surface. So far, results > are really good. > The stuff is easy to find, cheap (pieces big > enough for a PCB heat plate are scraps to an > installer) durable, and comes with an adhesive > back. Wondering what you guys think. &g

by spad007 - General

Re: Trouble with the z axis - 13 years ago

Buy a 8mm 1.0 nut if it fits then you have a tool for checking thread pitch of 8mm 1.0 bolts threaded rod or studs'. My hardware store carry's metric fine thread nut's and bolts as does my auto parts store as 8mm fine is a common fastener on auto's and motor cycle's some bicycles too. If you building robots there is no reason to not acquire tools that will make your job easier. One can order a

by spad007 - Reprappers

Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

rkoeppl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you can use them instaed of the printed bushings. > But you need printed parts that are designed to > hold them. Contact me, if you need parts Yes do contact rkoeppl Thanks guys for posting answers here. Last night the 31st i sold two sets to gents in Texas. and a set of 608's to a third gent in Texas.Sept.8 2011

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

Hi folk. I received the smooth rod and cut a set. Set is stainless steel T304 Plus or Minus .0003 >< nice rod not the silver pregnant rod but the dimensions are right on.for SAE 5/16 checks out to be straight rolling on glass sheet and against each other. LM8UU's slide very well all along them. i am working on my ad now i intend to sell them with the 12 LM8UU's for 60 Bucks plus shipping a

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

QuoteYou have some asian competitors on ebay that sells for half that price, including shipping. yep they sell cheaper but it can take 7 to 14 days to get from them more like 10 days. for much of what i bought from there. and i am selling some... i need to cut some prices some how.and will work to that end. going to cut the 608's price and whittle down the full set that way. but letting ad's ru

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

Sold one set to guy in Brazil still waiting to see if he got it.over 10 days now.yep he got them. sold one 12 LM8UU set to guy in CA he gave good feedback. sold one set to guy in VA sent today hope he likes it. i have more sets for sale 8 i think. ordered rod to cut for SAE sets might be about 2 weeks till i get that. is stainless steel T304 Plus or Minus .0003 figure around 35 bucks a set all in

by spad007 - For Sale

wrong delete - 13 years ago

sorry

by spad007 - For Sale

prusa bearing's for sale linear LM8UU's and 608's - 13 years ago

Item: It's a set of bearings for Prusa,Mendel Item description:12 ea. 11 ea. LM8UU Linaer bearings $ 25.50 USD or 6 ea. 608 skate bearings $ 9.95 USD Item Condition: New Number Available: 50 set's more or less as new stock arrives. have on hand now 900 bearings (Link to ebay webpage) check my other item's also► Price: $ 29.50 now $25.50 US. A temporary price reduction.. (Tax?): none ye

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: Z-axis coupling broke again (prusa mendel) - 13 years ago

larmym@gmail.com sold me two coupling's after i broke one of my "Z" axis he told me he charges 5 bucks per hour for printing came out to 2.50 plus shipping. i told him he needed to charge a 5 buck min.Ha Ha. i sent him the money with pay pal no problems. and i am making my own from alloy in a while but first thing after

by spad007 - Reprappers

Re: Questions on RAMPS assembling - 13 years ago

i have a LCD key board and did install the diode and plan to add an SD card can i do both? or only one or the other. i see that i will have to hack the LCD in between the RAMPS and The Arduino but have not seen a example. might some one direct me to the right group or thread. and i used the picks from Finland to build my 1.3 ramps kit. power from USB? or my power supply ? 500 watt power suppl

by spad007 - RAMPS Electronics

Re: What is the most UP-to-date Prusa design - 13 years ago

"Which extruder design do you prefer?""owism8 " Wade's at first thence print out the hinged accessible ones you like. but i found that the instructions are not to my liking the hobbed bolt i got was hobbed on the threads but if i reverse the bolt and hob the shoulder my printed parts fit much better motor mount screws clear the big gear much better and drive gear meshes nicely i like my big hea

by spad007 - General

Re: What is the most UP-to-date Prusa design - 13 years ago

Sorry I don't understand the problem with griping the threaded rod Just cross drill it and the coupling and insert carter key or roll pin? Now the motor shaft that's a different thing it's much smaller and has that flat side it seems to be slick with not much purchase. But from what I can see no one is having a great deal of problems with it. So if I am going to cross drill my threaded shafts I

by spad007 - General

Re: Questions on RAMPS assembling - 13 years ago

Ok now may i have more please sir? A photo of RAMPS 1.3(Rep Rap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield) like the above 1.2 and any hints or tips as i just turned off my iron as the wiki is not clear. I thank you in advance.. if you can not.. i understand but a hint as to where i might see a photo will help for now.

by spad007 - RAMPS Electronics

Re: Getting started - 13 years ago

Englewood CO Hi I am starting a prusa I have my hardware here the first thing i bought a SVK Robot kit about 135. bucks. online. saves me running around wasting gas and yes i can source the parts locally the printed parts might show up in a few weeks from Canada. Canada Post might still be on strike. I ordered them off eBay.cheep but slow. the day before the strike started. I have ordered th

by spad007 - Colorado, Denver RepRap User Group

Re: Arcol.hu Hot-end v3.0 can be preordered - 13 years ago

i like the design it looks clean and i want one except how to get one or 10 is not made clear here or any where

by spad007 - For Sale

Re: NEMA 17 stepper seems cheap from NI does it work? - 13 years ago

or try here cheep is not always better ►

by spad007 - Reprappers

Re: newcomer, where to start? - 13 years ago

I have ordered parts from all over the place in about two days on line ...after weeks of reading every thing i could fined about Rep Rap's i don't recommend doing it my way. but i found an ordered a complete hardware kit from NY on eBay and the day after saw one for half the price. i ordered printed parts from Canada and Canada Post went on strike the next day i could have ordered from the UK for

by spad007 - Reprappers

Re: New source of SY42STH47-1206A - 13 years ago

Ryan TM thank's This is help full to me as i want to buy from a US supplier to keep my shipping cost down. the visual guide i have shows single shaft motors. so that is what i want. But your friends at Pololu say they are back ordered. and to chose another motor. with out a recommendation IE something like "Use this(#?) motor as it is nearly the same or will work the same in your application".

by spad007 - Stepper Motors, Servo Motors, DC Motors