I was at the AoI sight today and is said that .stl export was 'via a plugin' and that the other formats were supported by the base system. It looks like the plug-in is here: Ross Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there a separate plugin I need to download to > allow me to export an object as STL or am I > missing something?by JohnWasser - RepRap Host
Looks like Amazon sells two similar but even less expensive sets: What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item? 23% buy the item featured on this page 37% buy 20pc MICRO-DRILL INDEX 61-80 - DREMEL compatible - METAL - WOOD - PLASTIC - HSS $6.99 (Looks like the plastic case has a sliding cover to dispense one bit at a time. Despite the "Dremel compatible" in the title the drillsby JohnWasser - Mechanics
The parts are designed in Art of Illusion and saved as .aoi files: Then they are exported from AoI as .stl (Stereolithography) files. Perhaps you can use AoI to export the part definitions in some format that your program can accept. They can export 3D as: Point of View Raytracer (.pov), 3D geometry (.obj), Virtual Reality Markup Language (.wrl) as well as .stl via plugin. From Wikipedia: Oby JohnWasser - General
Ken Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > redeyerpm.com can give instant quotes for your stl > files. > minimum order is $150. > coworker has used them, very nice parts. Shouldn't be hard to get to the $150 minimum. Just for fun I submitted some of the RepRap pieces for a RedEyeRPM instant quote. I used the default "ABS - White" material and standard finiby JohnWasser - For Sale
RRRF sells a full kit of the electronics. BitsFromBytes.com sells a full kit of the mechanical parts and motors. Together they will get you 99% of a RepRap... for a price. Figure about $1000 total for both.by JohnWasser - General
> 1. The current latest versoin of the RepRap idea > is Darwin 1.2? Near as I can tell, RepRap 1.1 "Darwin" (1.0 + support extruder) is not yet the 'current' design. That would make RepRap 1.0 "Darwin" the latest version. > 2. It works by moving in the x-z planes applying a > layer of "material" about 0.3 mm thick onto a > "base", the base then clicks down 0.3m , but the > liby JohnWasser - General
...and the Arduino development environment works on a Mac and unlike most earlier CNC systems that used a PC parallel printer port or RS232 serial port the Arduino Diecimila uses USB so that's Mac compatible.by JohnWasser - RepRap Host
Andromodon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LOL! I guess Z creates an exploding ball. LOL > > Z( Z( Z( Nope, wrong axis. It's X that does it:by JohnWasser - RepRap Host
I think I see what both you are saying here. Let's say we're moving 10,000 steps on X and 9,900 steps on Y with a step interval of 1 msec (1,000 steps per second). The X axis will move along nicely taking a step every millisecond for 10 seconds but the Y axis will take 99 steps, skip a step, take 99 more, etc. Inertia is going to cause overshoot on those "skipped" steps Let's say we decrease tby JohnWasser - RepRap Host
krishnanhemanth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > for the audrino to communicate with my pc through > rs232, what other things am i supposed to do The Arduino Diecimila has a built-in USB-to-RS232 chip and "Type B" USB connector so you connect it to the PC with a USB cable. This can also supply power to the Arduino. I would recommend getting an Arduino and pby JohnWasser - General
You-Do-It is handy if you want something TODAY (as long as 'TODAY' isn't a saturday evening or sunday). I had a breakthrough this morning getting the Arduino to run the MaxNC mill. I went to You-Do-It to get some nice headers so I could make a nicer interface cable. Unfortunately the MaxNC driver box uses quadrature inputs instead of Step/Directon so I can't use the RepRap Arduino firmware dby JohnWasser - Rhode Island / New England RUG
Greetings from Maynard, MA. I've been following the RepRap stories in Make Blog, Wired, Hack-a-day, etc and I think it's time to jump in. I can make a RepStrap from my MaxNC 15-CL mill. I have an Arduino Diecimila already and hope to have it hooked to the mill soon. The mill was originally driven with step and direction pulses from a PC parallel port so it should work with the Arduino firmwareby JohnWasser - Rhode Island / New England RUG
The hard part would be grinding it without heating it. Perhaps a kitchen meat grinder, turned slowly be hand? It may not get you a fine powder but it will help spread the Shapelock so you can incorporate the toner with melting and stirring. If the experiment works it sounds like it would be far more cost-effective than the "Amazing Wire Glue" I just saw at Goldmine (http://www.goldmine-elec-prby JohnWasser - Plastic Extruder Working Group
I was just thinking about how one could recycle plastic parts into granule form. I think that if you wrap an electric heater around a kitchen meat grinder you could use it to produce uniform granules, much like the extruders used to make pasta shapes.by JohnWasser - Mechanics
1/2" EMT (Electrical Metallic Tubing) Conduit is quite cheap at McMaster-Carr. 5 feet for $3.05 10 feet $3.73. By way of comparison the 8mm 12L14 Carbon Steel rod is $11.72 for a 6' length. Even 5/16ths "High-Strength Easy-to-Machine 1144 Carbon Steel" in Unpolished (Mill) finish is $6.00 for a 6' length (give or take 6 inches!). The Darwin needs about 8.5 meters of rod so close to $60 woby JohnWasser - Mechanics
> 1) What kind of learning curve should I be > expecting with the 'bitsfrombytes' kits? What > about starting with the products from RRRF? RR > Parts lister? bitsfrombytes sells the mechanicals kits. RRRF sells the electronicals kits. You need both and can start with either. The electronics are less expensive and will work with other three-axis stepper motor machines so I would stby JohnWasser - General
> Contact can be measured in a couple of ways: > - Any others? Yes. Probe support has three pairs of cylindrical contact bars radiating at 120by JohnWasser - 3D Scanners, Book Scanners, and Optics