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Re: Odds and ends, nuts and bolts... - 10 years ago
Miter 10 has nice long m3 bolts and Bunnings had suitable springs (two long, but they cut fine) At least in Christchurch.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Anyone building a mendelMax? - 10 years ago
You can use half height m5 nuts (from what ive been told) I haven't verified this But the t-slot nuts are really nice, I would image normal nuts would be quite tricky to hold in place and tighten...by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Anyone building a mendelMax? - 10 years ago
Lenbok, There is two a guys making two mendel 90 in Christchurch. Ive seen the mechanical assembly, but I don't know if they got any further My personal opinion is its good, well finished up. Most printers arent really printers they are shells. With no thought to wiring at all. I don't however like all the wood. But thats a personal thing, I don't like wood.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Anyone building a mendelMax? - 10 years ago
You cant get t-slot of this size in Nz cheaply.. Ive tried... and documented... on my blog... At the time I got mine via a friend in the USA and paid two lots of shipping. (this was before store.mendelmax.com, and no one had any on ebay) was about $191.70 Nz landed (wasnt coloured) See and $208nz for black t-slot seems a good deal to me. I have a working Mendelmax (well it was till I pby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Power supply and USB query - 10 years ago
Hi Peter Does the main pcb look like this If so see http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Motherboard_1.2#Serial_Header for the serial pin descriptions What you really want is one of these I don't know the device Vik has given you and a quick google shows a lot more pins on things with the same name, can you take a picture? re power Are you talking about the stepper boards eg the one on the left bby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Printable area - 10 years ago
Proterface and Slic3r are just display and sanity settings. There are also max x,y,z setting in most firmwares, these are the more important settingsby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
my rods arrived today, unexpectidly early!by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Printable y-axis carriage - 10 years ago
Are your Y rods under or over the base ends? Mine are under, which means most of the lower y is still below the usable area. Another option isby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Printable y-axis carriage - 10 years ago
Main issues are HBP vs printed y carriage... ie its going to want to melt... And you cant print something wider than the print bed for the lower print bed... thus they are normally in 2 parts But good luck!by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: atmega 1284p - 10 years ago
You will probably have to update the firmware in the AVR. Details on the resources tab on robokits page. Bowden looks greatby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: atmega 1284p - 10 years ago
Why not just get the pololu avr also I have one of these...by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: atmega 1284p - 10 years ago
I know you said you googled it, but did you see and they are using windows 7 and arduino version 0023 and successfully using 1284p on Sanguinololuby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Printing unsupported material - 10 years ago
It looks like your printing a bit to hot to me... lower your temp a bit. Basically it needs to cool and harden as it moves across. If its to hot, that cant happen. I bridge at 30by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
My teflon tube arrived today, It looks good. Seem to be a good size and filament moves nicely in it.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Ramps? Printrboard? or what? - 10 years ago
I disagree strongly that marlin is better than sprinter. Sprinter is a lot more stable. Marlin also doesnt support older hardware like SL 1.0 (anything below SL 1.3A in fact, haven't checked the ramps side) But Marlin is the only firmware that supports a led display, and auto PId tuning is in beta on Sprinter (last I looked). The rosstock code is also only in the marlin derivative for now (sometby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Ramps? Printrboard? or what? - 10 years ago
RAMPS (RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield) is a shield, it uses the same stepper driver modules as the Sanguinololu And it need either an atmega1280 or atmega2560 to plug into.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Ramps? Printrboard? or what? - 10 years ago
Sanguinololu is a single board + stepper modules, the arduino is the big dip chip on the board.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Ramps? Printrboard? or what? - 10 years ago
I run Sanguinololu and ramps, both of which run Sprinter and Marlin firmware so Pronterface/Slic3r is fine with them.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
Col, Ive sent you a PM about plasticsby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
Hi Col Where in Nz are you? I could print them, but im in Chchby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Adding a fan - will it improve print quality? - 10 years ago
You need insulation around your hot end if you have a fan blowing at it. eg makergear hot end comes with Rubber Coated Black Fiberglass Insulation, and has two layers of this over the hot end.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Adding a fan - will it improve print quality? - 10 years ago
Looks quite good, and worryingly like chocolate!by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: PLA colours (colors) and print quality - 10 years ago
you are re measuring the filiment thickness when you change colour and updating your software with the new value? they are all slightly different thicknesses.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: PLA colours (colors) and print quality - 10 years ago
All colours do behave slightly differently I love the way Amber tint behaves. blue tint I never got bridges to work very well.. But I didn't get a lot of time to test. red tint, orange, yellow,black, glow in the dark, dark blue and green where all very good Purple was slightly rougher, but that was early on, so was probably me. White is fine, but boring. Silver I found difficult to print wiby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Adding a fan - will it improve print quality? - 10 years ago
Myne is just on as long as the power is on. Directly wired to the power supply, but it is only a little 40mm fax and ive only used PLAby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Adding a fan - will it improve print quality? - 10 years ago
I was sceptical about adding a fan for a while, then tried it, I will never go back! It is very hard to quantify what it does, but it basically solidifies the plastic quicker so there is less deformation I use a y carriage with a 40mm fan mount egby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: Mendel Prusa build - 10 years ago
A Rostock, like everyone is rushing to build atm (why stop at one printer?)by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
Im fairly sure I will have lots left overby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
teflon tube sorted (for those planning on using 3mm ) Some people may want a larger internal diameter, but so far all 3mm PLA from Diamondage has been around 2.75, so thats lot of clearance in my books. This supplier has other diameters...by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Re: rostock delta robot - 10 years ago
Because I want decent, ground, hardened and chrome plated steel at an affordable price.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group