Hi Stewart We seem to be gaining momentum again, Cadical is at Southampton, i know there was talk of something that direction at some point, So lots on the horizon I think ive traced my currant problems to a dickey thermistor, Hopefully ill fix that next week. Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Hi Hamish, Sounds great too I've been keeping my eyes pealed for Andrew to post a date just in case, Solved so many issues from the last meet, it was working beautifully the other weekend on some PLA, Shame I melted a connector and its not been quite right since, Still got that pumpkin to give a try Looking forward to it Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Walls pre whitened No transport nessasary A projector would be a nice addition Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
More than welcome Paul Planned start is still 2pm Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
No I was going to take advantage of your offer of free postage Especially as it saved me a trip to the post office Didn't expect you to be selling on the day reading your previous posts I'm on 3mm at the min Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
faberdasher are you likely to have a fun pack in by sat? I'm sick to death of my currant see through green (not fabadashery pla)by ijmok - West of England RUG
Fairly sure my machine isnt up to it just yet but ill fire up NX and see what i can do on the design front, your right to assume no Wifi, Sometimes in the correct position its possible to obtain a signal from the pub but its patchy. Thanks for the offer Max I thought id steer cleer of another chilie, Bit of varierty, Given Faberdasher's challenge how does 3 sisters stew sound? Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Thought i'd push this here incase people don't check SWRUG section In short, 2pm on Saturday (15/10/11) Here! Drop a post in the linked thread if your coming, so we can try and put some grub on Robby ijmok - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
OK, been a while since ive posted Seems like a good time to confirm the arrangements for next Saturday 2pm Here Easy, Feel free to invite anyone who might be interested. Numbers would be handy if i am to honour my promise of some grub Any questions Drop me a PM Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Apologies, it appears the Cubs have over ridden me I now have to propose a new date but same arrangements else wise So How does the 15th sound Directions: Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Looking at your solution its nearly identical to the belts on out Stratasys Fortus at work That works pretty well to say the least Looks like a neat solution and definitely one i would look to mod my machine to run in the endby ijmok - Developers
That solves the physical assembly Prusa is the way to go as a first timer You need a set of plastics (often includes an extruder body) Rods as per wiki or bought as a kit Same on the nuts and bolts front 608 bearings (but a pack of 10 or so as they come in useful) Timing belts (also available in a pack) Motors (5 nema 17 see a) Electronics wise ive only seen and got RAMPS 1.2 (people saby ijmok - Reprappers
Weve got a kitchen, ill see what i can arrange Good point that its good to have from a social point of view. Time wise im flexible, looking back through the thread, i wont ask for suggestions as we will never come up with a solution. Say 2pm ish as i wont be up much before that. No time limit as far as im aware imposed, personally id like to be going home not long after the pub has closed Roby ijmok - West of England RUG
I’m Game for hosting if you want a bigger space FOC I’m a Scout leader so ill borrow the scout hall and we can use that. Plenty of Tables and sockets I figure it might be good to do it on a weekend (in the long run a mixture of times and days would be good) Take it to become a monthly thing and say Sat the 8th October? I’ve got a semi functional Prusa hopefully it will be back in one piece bby ijmok - West of England RUG
Bit of a delay, My machine is in pieces whilst i retrofit a new hot end and bed but ive been away so progress is slow Any luck printing Anything is better than nothing my first prints looked like warped twisted blobs but the process was there Robby ijmok - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Would like to come but i cant make tonight (did see you post a while back and hoped people would make use of your offer My Prusa is in pieces whilst i remake my nozzle and build a heated bed Would be good to set something up "regularly" Might be work moving it around the area Say Cheltenham/Gloucester, Bristol/Bath or maybe as far as Exeter on a 2/3 month rolling cycle? Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Cheltenham is looking pretty good, Lots of people in close vicinity, Happy to offer a lift Steve if you would need one from the station I could offer Prestbury scout hut as a meeting point if we wanted to bring our machines Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Aha nope mine wasent heres a photo of my first one to help you gauge what im getting since ive fiddled lots and its getting better slowly, im on hol in bulgaria atm but home tomoro so might be printing this weekend to see if i can get something tangible, any success ill post my settings up Robby ijmok - General
My Miss's Says she loves the light in your photo Mine printing to a similar level, no stings though and squarer corners Im running at 190 deg'c with my filiment retract set at 1mm and 2.5mm/s in SF41 if that helps Robby ijmok - General
Connect your end stops, in theory it should only allow movement in one direction without them but worth checking, or disable them in the config.h file for testing. Remember the Polo's will output a AC signal as they are stepped motors. Robby ijmok - Reprappers
No worries, Mines taking some time to home in, it’s been printing bots and bobs to some level of quality for as while but nothing to polished I’m not familiar with gen 6 (running ramps) I presume the 60 deg is measured and reported back through your interface not from an external probe Presuming that it rules out your thermistor table for the minute If that’s the case then the question ariseby ijmok - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Id be up for attending, Would be good to meet some of the other lunatics out there, or just someone who doesn't look at you like you stupid when you explain what your up to. Live in Chelt but happy to travel a bit Robby ijmok - West of England RUG
Nophead's parts are ace Usually a set on eBay, but none atm, guess he might be on holiday but he's based in Manchester so things get shipped quickly too Robby ijmok - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Ok Update time been a while, some good some not so good Got my hot end built and working, all good Used Richrap's calibration post from his blog to get Pronterface and SF41 working and began trying to print, Took a while to understand SF I started using some black ABS welding rods and after a few misshapen objects i got the spiral box ive photographed. during the build, none of it finisheby ijmok - Reprappers
Well FINALY an update! I’ve been busy with college recently so its been sat looking at me hot endless. Finally built it up last week at work and had a go at a print over the weekend. Honestly it was a massive failure, things didn’t stick, when they did they were curling etc. But I’m fairly sure most of my problems were related to the fact my print bed is flexing in the middle (4mm Perspex) aby ijmok - Reprappers
I Hate to nit pick, But your Polo Drivers appear to have pins poking out the tops, Mine are coming out the other side leaving the IC & trim pot accessible, and mine do work! Robby ijmok - Reprappers
Hi, Welcome Silly question but how big a power supply are you using I've not built mine properly yet but thought i would test it out with a lab power supply But at just 2 amps its fine to run my axis but only gets the heater to 135 ish Robby ijmok - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Thanks Yea it is expensive, and the maintenance/repair contract is upwards of 5K Got my Ramps connected to Repersnaper Tuesday, no problems, printed a test part away from the bed to confirm all the axis moved and the extruder looked like it would extrude. Just missing a hot end, some filament and a print bed now Robby ijmok - Reprappers
Hello, Thought id introduce my self Im Rob, 21 and im an Apprentice by nature I work with a Dimension, a Prodigy Scrap that it got chucked last week in favour of a Fortus and a Eden. I saw Rep rap when Darwin first self replicated and though "wow what a great idea" 3 years later I thought id give it a go, so i'm building a Mendel Prusa, With Ramps Electronics. Work weren't game for printiby ijmok - Reprappers
Cheltenham Gloucestershire Part way through my first Mendel Prusa (RAMPS based), Shame RM failed to deliver my stepper motors yesterday :@, I work as an Apprentice Engineer - making prototypes. I've had a little bit of an introduction to FDM's at work but never been allowed to pull one apart, ticker with it and see what happens. Robby ijmok - United Kingdom RepRap User Group