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Re: RepRap Speakers - 9 years ago

that's always good to know. i am game for the calgary, and lethbridge AB area. Quotesungod3k I gave two talks in the last month locally and I collected all the slides i could find on my first google search, but since it wasnt a specially engineering educated crowd I had to keep more general than most of the slides from the reprapwiki link anyway.

by dissidence - General

Re: RepRap Speakers - 9 years ago

ya know i would love to volunteer for this task too, i try to tell people about Reprap when ever i can. i would need to bush up on some of the newer development though, my twins are sucking up time faster than i can look at my watch.

by dissidence - General

distance sensors, for positional feedback. - 9 years ago

https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Sensors/Proximity/VL6180_datasheet.pdf i just found these guys at sparkfun, the VL6180 distance sensor might just be a interesting way to add positional feedback into a reprap printer, anyone else out there have any thoughts.? https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12784

by dissidence - Controllers

Re: Force certain parts to be solid - 9 years ago

one trick i saw some time ago was to ad very small holes or slots to the print, around the spots where you want more material printed, the slicer would then go around them making that area much denser.

by dissidence - General

Re: QU-BD MBE Extruder v9 - 9 years ago

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/MK7-Stainless-Steel-Extruder-Drive-Gear-Hobbed-Gear-For-Reprap-3D-Printer-/251618046413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a959ab1cd this guy. i must have had strange luck with mine, most all of my issues with this extruder have been user error, or forgetting to tighten things up after a lot of use.

by dissidence - General

Re: Is Makerbot Replicator 2 good? - 10 years ago

You my friend Are Brave for asking that here. I suggest looking at the wiki under suppliers. There are Many good printers at that price from lulzbot to makergear and many others

by dissidence - General

Re: Help with Extruder please - 10 years ago

I think that's a Greg's extruder. I top down pic would help. I will try to post a link when I'm not on my cell. Sorry

by dissidence - General

Re: Back from a 2 year stop. Update anyone? - 10 years ago

sorry to say that you cant really switch between the 2 filaments, you will have to change your hot end, at the very least, im not sure what you have so its hard to say really.

by dissidence - General

Re: Forwrdfund: A Crowdfunding Platform to Raise Money - 10 years ago

the dilemma i face with sites like this, is that really i invest into the product, but after i really have none to little recourse if they don't deliver, i have been very lucky with my support on kickstarter, i did get my pebble, and my freesoc, but lately i always tend to think about oculus rift when they got bought out by facebook. ya its different when ya put in 50-100 bucks, but i think if y

by dissidence - General

Re: 3D Printed Fruit - 10 years ago

I'm not sure if its going to be 20. The big thing I think will be 3+ materials.

by dissidence - General

Re: Makerbot patents open-source content - 10 years ago

Do we have a designated part of the forum for these kinda issues.? But at the same time this area will get the most eyes. If we do start a new section on the forums can we keep it close to general so it is easy to see new posts.

by dissidence - General

Re: RADDS First Impressions and Mini Review - 10 years ago

i am looking at moving over to a thermocouple, so i would like to add the chips i need right to the board, after that i would have to get one made for me. Quoteangelo Hi dissidence, which mdifications do you need ? Hi Cyrus, can you send me your firmware-configuration please. (email address removed) Admin edit : for security reasons you should not publish your email address in a publicly re

by dissidence - General

Re: RADDS First Impressions and Mini Review - 10 years ago

i would love to find your sch and brd files, i like this board, but i would like to mod it a little.

by dissidence - General

Re: Program Choices - 10 years ago

i use sketchup and designspark mechanical mainly, though i am leaning much towards designspark lately, the biggest thing for me seems to be what i am trying to make. there ain't no way in hell i will ever model a person or animal, i can do bricks really really well...lol oh ya if you use sketchup, look into the plugins for it, it has some amazing plugins.

by dissidence - General

Re: K-type thermocouple - 10 years ago

if it is a thermocouple you will need to wire it into a chip or a circuit to read it, arduinos are not able to read them directly. like a thermistor. though i got to admit that the PT100 throws me off a bit, that is another type of sensor, that i am still looking for a chip to read, seeing how i have 20 of them to find a use for...lol but hey the ones i have are a nice stainless enclosed sensor.

by dissidence - General

Re: Need help slicing - 10 years ago

you might want to try a plug called cleanup,

by dissidence - General

Re: Ideas for fireproof printer enclosure - 10 years ago

a good option might be a aluminum box then. though if you are worried about fire look into some of those paints i mentioned. and paint that on the inside

by dissidence - Safety & Best Practices

Re: Ideas for fireproof printer enclosure - 10 years ago

i would have to say go with the cement board, thought it is not light, and i am not sure of the best way to frame it, that would buy you the most time, 2 layers of 1/2 drywall will buy you 30min of fire rating, i think. if i remember right, you could even look into some intumescent paints too wiki intumescent, so what kinda level of paranoid are you after any how.?

by dissidence - Safety & Best Practices

Re: RADDS First Impressions and Mini Review - 10 years ago

have you noticed any other improvements with that radds board, it has my attention for a upgrade

by dissidence - General

Re: Printer parts, how many perimeters - 10 years ago

so how much of a difference would have a much higher infill made ya think.?

by dissidence - General

Re: So what happened to cause Reprap to go down? - 10 years ago

thats been my bookmark for ages, also what chrome used for my most popular pages..lol oh well.

by dissidence - General

Re: Dyi techshop changed - 10 years ago

thats good to see.

by dissidence - General

Re: So what happened to cause Reprap to go down? - 10 years ago

i changed my dns on my router back to open dns. i am still getting this error though QuoteNot Found The requested URL /bin/view/Main/WebHome was not found on this server.

by dissidence - General

Re: Saskatchewan Canada - 10 years ago

Kudos on the new venture. I was looking at you site.(on my cell granted.) But I don't see much for product discriptions. I like your prices but I need more info.

by dissidence - Saskatchewan RUG

Re: So what happened to cause Reprap to go down? - 10 years ago

im getting error 404 now.

by dissidence - General

Re: Arduino 2560 mounting holes - 10 years ago

or for that matter stick to the same .1" pin spacing so that you could use a normal perfboard / protoboard. i always found that choice odd.

by dissidence - General

Re: Arduino 2560 mounting holes - 10 years ago

i filled the heads of the bolt down until they fit. but also on the ramps

by dissidence - General

Re: no power to ramps - 10 years ago

have you looked at the voltage reg on the arduino, looks like the magic smoke got out..?

by dissidence - General

Re: what tunes do your steppers play? - 10 years ago

Good I'm not the only one who seems to get some musical prints. I don't get the radio though

by dissidence - General

laptop power bricks - 10 years ago

Today I got around to cracking a laptop power brick apart. And the HP one that was dead hap a pot labeled vr1. So dose that mean I could lower the output voltage on some.?

by dissidence - Experimental and Hobby