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Re: Bed leveling gone wrong? - 8 years ago
Try manual calibration! I've never auto-calibrated my delta and it works great.by epicepee - Printing
Re: Delta Printer printing dimensions wrong - 8 years ago
Check all of your delta geometry settings -- rod length and radius being the most important. Note that it might not line up perfectly with real life -- if it works, it works. Really, though, a repeatable scaling error isn't always a huge deal. You can either rescale models in a slicer, or write a gcode pre-processor. The issue is if the models are also bent, or are not always the same dimensiby epicepee - Printing
Re: Any decent gcode sender programs for Linux? - 8 years ago
the_digital_dentist: That is true, but even printing off SD, one might still leave a laptop hooked up -- I do. Not everyone's hardware is as reliable as yours, so it's a good idea to have a stop button and such ready to go.by epicepee - Developers
Re: This engineer claims 100 grams direct extruder. I want one
- 8 years ago
realthor: He probably means a "flying extruder" setup, relatively common on Deltas, where an extruder with a short Bowden tube is suspended loosely above the hotend using springs. The short tube reduces the downsides of a Bowden setup (elasticity, ooze / retraction) while reducing the moving mass of the effector / hotend.by epicepee - General
Re: Weird pulley pitch - 8 years ago
I'd have to recommend just replacing the pulley. Dealing with multiple sorts of belts and such can get both very annoying and very expensive.by epicepee - Mechanics
Re: This engineer claims 100 grams direct extruder. I want one - 8 years ago
the_digital_dentist: Two important distinctions. First, some people like fixing printers, the same way some people like fixing cars. Others don't like it, but it's interesting enough that it's not worth much money to avoid it. For these people, cheap hardware may be a good idea. Second, it seems you use your printer a lot. Many people don't, and for them it may make sense to spend some timeby epicepee - General
Re: Stratatys Dimension Elite Hard Drive ? - 8 years ago
Have you emailed Stratasys?by epicepee - General
Re: Broken glass build stage - 8 years ago
Probably a combination of thermal and mechanical stress. I'd recommend replacing the glass with borosilicate, since float glass in the first place seems rather unreliable.by epicepee - General
Re: CNC to 3D Printer - 8 years ago
Lucky bastard! Stick with the servos, if that's what they are, they'll give much better results than steppers. It looks like you could add a heated chamber as well.by epicepee - Reprappers
Re: Cool Printers - 8 years ago
Tiko looks quite nice. The aluminum unibody with built-in linear rails, closed-loop DC motors, and accelerometers in the head and body sound nice. On the other hand, the passive-cooled hotend will be a pain, the lower half doesn't look very rigid, and I have no idea what they were thinking as far as the belt-and-pinion drive. The Pallete is $800. Nuff said. The MoonRay doesn't look too diffeby epicepee - Reprappers
Re: Help with Generic Kossel Mini (ANYCUBIC from Aliexpress) - 8 years ago
Make sure the maximum Z speed is reasonable. Make sure the motors are wired up correctly and the stepper drivers have a reasonable current setting. Make sure you've set it as a delta in firmware!by epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
Srek: Interesting. I'll definitely have to try this. Do you think it would work to simply buy an el-cheapo E3D nozzle, drill it to 1.5mm, and tap it with a 1.7mm tap? Do I need to take special consideration to center the hole perfectly? Do I need to buy a certain type of airbrush nozzle? Thanks for all of your help!by epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
Srek: how does one tap 1.75mm threads? Would 1.7mm or 1.8mm work? Even those seem expensive, though.by epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
Srek: QuoteJamesK I wonder to what extent the print quality is because of the nozzle or despite it. He's never used the Merlin, so he doesn't know how much it helps or hurts. The fact is that any hotend can get good prints, so a few pictures isn't proof of quality. All the same, people do seem to like the Merlin.by epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
JamesK: Note that these are the best prints from this hotend. It may take a lot of work to get there. This would explain both the pictures and the relatively narrow acceptance (though it does seem to be growing). Srek: I think he's saying that he's surprised at the Merlin's capabilities. Which makes sense, because it's a very unique design. It would be like if some company started making aby epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
JamesK: Take a look at some of the Merlin hotend's prints. It does require finer tuning to deal with the lack of flattening, but it also allows for smaller details.by epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
That makes sense. The only difficulty I can see there is that I can't find m1.75 taps anywhere.by epicepee - General
Re: E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 8 years ago
karabas: Is that an entire hotend or does it attach to an E3D somehow?by epicepee - General
Re: Wanted: Crazy Ideas! I'm building another RepRap! - 8 years ago
Build a frame out of reinforced concrete. Cheap, strong, rigid, and dampening, but you might need a crane to move it out of your workshop.by epicepee - Developers
Re: 3mm pen - 8 years ago
You could always set up a Bowden extruder and a real hotend with a pen grip. Might work with one of those cheap hotends off eBay, since it doesn't need to be high-performance.by epicepee - Reprappers
Re: 3D printer got me confused. - 8 years ago
Reinstall the Arduino software. Make sure you've got the right chip selected in the menus.by epicepee - Reprappers
Re: SCARA принтер "Планета" - 8 years ago
toxuin: I'd guess Russian is their native language. It's better to post in that, and let others Google Translate, so that fellow Russians can read natively without double-google-translate.by epicepee - Developers
Re: Bolt hobbing - 8 years ago
Just buy a pulley. They're cheap and work well. Actually, no, build a "gunstruder" off Thingiverse with some belts. I bet it has more force.by epicepee - General
Re: Heatsinkless hotend - 8 years ago
I run my E3D-v6 at about 130 mm/sec, and could probably run it faster with a good extruder.by epicepee - General
Re: It had to happen eventually - 8 years ago
VDX: That's exactly what I was thinking! the_digital_denitst: How fast do you print? What materials and settings?by epicepee - General
Re: Chinese 3-way mixer - 9 years ago
Wow! And for under $40! Yes, it's definitely a clone, but it still looks pretty awesome. I wonder how its performance compares to a genuine Diamond.by epicepee - General
E3D to airbrush nozzle adapter - 9 years ago
Has anyone found or made an adapter that allows an airbrush nozzle to be used in an E3D hotend? I suspect a simple threaded brass cylinder would work, and airbrush nozzles are both cheap and precise.by epicepee - General
Re: Using one object to cut a hole in another! - 9 years ago
The OpenSCAD "difference" function is exactly this.by epicepee - 3D Design tools
Re: Precision vs general-purpose ACME hardware question - 9 years ago
Get a delrin nut off ebay. A badly-made steel nut will damage the shaft, and a well-made metal nut will cost several arms and legs. Plastic is cheap but precise.by epicepee - Mechanics