I am not sure why you are having trouble compiling it but i think it may be an issue with mingw. I did figure out how to compile it for windows in virtual box and have binaries available for it Win32 Debian (ubuntu) 32bit 64bit
Forum: Experimental

Quoteejbantz So should the output of the extruder pointing straight up in the air and then arch 180 back down to the x-carriage? This can cause the bowden to form the peanut shape I descibed in the last reply. On Tantillus I have the extruder facing back and then the tube forms a 270 degree turn and always forms a smooth curve.
Forum: General

Quotecozmicray You didn't say what printer, or what type of printer? Filament is not hydraulic --- fluid vs solid. I would disagree with even 90 deg bends with hydraulics. The hotend (output nozzle) is always moving! Sweeping bends in transit tubes in all areas, even supply to extruder. Shortest route with large radius bends in all positions without twisting. Run extruder without hotend fo
Forum: General

Quoteejbantz Sublime, for the 3mm you recommend... is that the filament diameter... or a retraction length? Yes filament diameter
Forum: General

When you say you can print very fast could we get some numbers? Including acceleration numbers since they are what actually determine the true speed. Also layer heights and extrusion widths.
Forum: Mechanics

It seems that consensuses on this is that shorter is better (under 700mm's). I have always found that a smooth curve with out changing direction is very important, just like in hydraulics with hoses. Otherwise the filament has to switch side of the tube mid way through which results in hysteresis. I would also recommend using 3mm since you can retract and un-retract it at incredible speeds
Forum: General

Quoteto-the-nth @Sublime - I was hoping you could sprinkle some magic dust on this since you did the flow rate script for non-Slic3r. I assume the script keys off of the comments and we would like to target a flow rate adjustment on the outer perimeter. Does Cura distinguish between inner, middle and outer most perimeters? Slic3r comments don't distinguish between inner, middle, and outer. Di
Forum: Slic3r

Quoteto-the-nth @Sublime - Looks like Sound has not added an inset feature to the new 1.1.3 release which is fine. But to continue algorithm development, what would it take to try to get your Flow_tweak-post-processor script running on Slic3r? If you can provide me with a small sample gcode file from a current build of slic3r with comments enabled that has every single extrusion type slic3r
Forum: Slic3r

In step 8 of this section you tie a loop in one of the cables and then later you thread the other end of the cable through this loop and use it as a block and tackle to tighten the cables. But some people have pulled the loop through the x/y end and then tightened the bolt which results in bolt only holding one side of the cable.
Forum: Tantillus

The only times I know of the cables being an issue is when the tensioning loop is on the wrong side of the bolt and washer that are supposed to hold them in place. Beyond that not having the cables tight enough and not having the axis squared can cause binding.
Forum: Tantillus

Quotemadmike8 Would using a stepper worm gear arrangement to turn the Z shaft keep it from falling with the power off? Yes, the only issue is with the cost of the worm gear set.
Forum: Tantillus

It sounds like it is the acceleration values and the Z jerk settings. Try using the numbers that worked from sprinter in Marlin. The defaults in Marlin are for an Ultimaker.
Forum: Reprappers

The carriage does use two bearings side by side but one is a short LM8SUU otherwise the carriage is too big to get 100mm build area in the original size case. For a larger machine you can use a long one in its place and even make the carriage wider/deeper. Don't let the pictures lead you to thinking it is any easy machine to assemble. The printed machine is the hardest to assemble and then the
Forum: Tantillus

For a complete view you can open the blend file in Blender. If you have solid works you can use WillWorkForPlastic's metric assembly. I just added assembly stl's to the github repo. There are two, one with the laser cut case and one just the insides.
Forum: Tantillus

You are correct that some 8mm rod does fit in 608 bearings but in that case the LM8UU's may be a little loose on the same rod. The rods I use are rated at +/- 13 micron but always came in at +/- 5 micron which was too tight of a fit for the 608 bearings, but perfect for the LM8UU bearings. Yes that is me in the video. For the cutting of the t-slot you can buy the t-slot from one company and th
Forum: Tantillus

Looking really good. I do really like the direct drive into the rods and if it had been easier to produce I would have gone that way in the first place. You can buy 8mm od x 5mm id hydraulic tubing that may work in the place of the drill rods but could suffer from being to flexible. Maybe putting a sold 5mm rod down the center would give it back its stiffness. I only designed pulleys for belts t
Forum: Tantillus

Looks good. To make the hobbed bolt I recommend using a #8 imperial tap. It has the coarsest teeth in the diameter we want.
Forum: Tantillus

None of the machines use any 6mm rod that I know of. It does use 5/16" rods on the outside because precision 8mm rod does not fit in 8mm id bearings. But 5/16" is 7.92mm and the 0.08mm allows the rods to fit into the bearings with ease. You can can turn down the ends of 8mm rods to fit and may even be able to simply sand them down with the rod in a drill and holding sand paper. There is nothing
Forum: Tantillus

You can install alacarte if it is still available (its a program to add entries into the program list) if you add %U to the end of the command it will also allow you to start if from the open with context menu. If alacarte is no longer available you can read up on creating .desktop files and where to add them (in a hidden directory in the home directory)
Forum: Reprappers

QuoteOhmarinus Question no. 1 is about size. I see a lot of tantillus' that have small print surfaces, why is this? I originally designed it to be a portable machine after traveling with my Prusa, hence the smaller size. Quote Is it because the smooth rods will hang when they get too long? Is the printer less accurate if the X and Y sizes are increased? Not entirely sure if it changes the acc
Forum: Tantillus

Just drag the pronterface.py file into the terminal and it will paste the path for you.
Forum: Reprappers

I just click on the pronterface.py file in the file browser and when the pop up asks if you want to run it or open in a text editor I select run. You may need to right click on the file and in the properties menu change the permissions to allow executing as a program.
Forum: Reprappers

I don't actually know the bed hole spacing. I think you will be fine without the holes in the rods, just be sure to re-tension the cables after a few hours of printing.
Forum: Tantillus

Kisslicer is actually back under development and has had a bunch of Beta versions released in the Google group over the last month. Although it would be harder to integrate since it does not have an API. You actually have to generate a profile in a folder with the executable and then invoke Kisslicer from the command line and it will use the config in the folder. As for SF I do know that a lot o
Forum: Crowdfunding Projects Announcements

This should be in the Crowdfunding section of the forum. Also you should try integrating a good slicer like Kisslicer or Cura or Skeinforge.
Forum: Crowdfunding Projects Announcements

Here is a thread where a Tantillus user used the standard threaded rod for a lead screw and then moved onto a ball screw and then finally to get rid of the wobble he went with the cable driven Z axis . Lead screws regardless of the type are not the best for a 3D printers. 3D printers are best made using engineered solutions rather than brute force solutions used for CNC. That is not to say an ov
Forum: General

Check out Ingentis, Goopyplastics T-slot Tantillus or Eustathios which all use the Ultimaker style gantry system. They are all larger variations and deviations of Tantillus and some use Cables, some use belts.
Forum: General

Quoteqwert75 ive just recently been able to get back into printing and i just remembered your post process, it works really well its brilliant. i was wondering if you ever got it working with slicer? I have never actually tried. I never use Slic3r so I concentrate on Kisslicer and Cura. If you think it is a must for Slic3r I would consider trying to implement it if you can provide a small sampl
Forum: Mendel90

If I remember correctly you have to have the raft plugin enabled and then set the raft values to 0 so it does not produce them. I know it is strange but most of the way SF is structured is strange.
Forum: Skeinforge

If you set the outer shell speed to 0 and set the min layer time to 0 at the same time it uses the print speed of 60mm/s and estimates 17minutes.
Forum: Experimental