What do wou want to be updated about? The next step is implementing the function of cutting the wire and improving guidance of the wire just in front of the nozzle itself. However, before that I need to modify the effector and rearrange some stuff like fans etcetera since the fans get blocked by the parts. Resulting in less cooling of the print.by basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
I run Machinekit/LinuxCNC from a Beaglebone Black. I need to clean up the code and I'll do a pull request to get it into Machinekit.by basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
The wire is positionned before the nozzle by the slew ring.by basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
QuoteA2 OK, so you anchor the wire with tape, and when the hot end moves the wire has no choice but to be drawn out with the extrudate, I like it. Tks! There is very fine copper wire on small spools used for fly tying, maybe you could mount a small spool on the gear. yes, until I have made a second slew ring with a gripper I need to anchor it with tape. With a second slew ring the wire is positby basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
QuoteXabbax This can also be used for the rotation of the printhead when you have a rectangular hole in the nozzle. One side of the nozzle can then follow the direction vector of the nozzle. That's a little bit complicated. The nozzle is "stationary". The only thing that gets rotated is the wire. I think it will be complicated to make a rotating nozzle, leakage issues etcetera. It's possible butby basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
The wire gets glued to what's beneath (in this test a mirror with glue) then the movement advances and the wire is only held in the right angle.by basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
Hi there, I recently did some experimenting with additive wire laying. I use a slew drive, concentric with the nozzle, to guide a copper wire under and just in front of the nozzle. The slew drive rotates in the direction of movement, and thus I'm able to embed the wire under plastic. In short: additive way of making copper traces. I hope you have a use for it. I've put some more info on my blog.by basdebruijn - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion