Thanks for calibration info I will have a crack at it this weekend. Bugger about the Asian Pololu's but such is. I tried some cheap asia blue masking tape as well with no luck so I will have to hunt for the 3M scotch stuff. I will get on the drawings/model but bear with me my computer is giving me hell, so time for a rebuild . As for peltiers as a heated bed, they are a good idea (love the ideby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
ITS ALIVE, ITS ALIVE! And john connor did not come knocking at my door, so no AI self-replicating worries, fingers crossed. Hmm I wounder how many more movie refferences I can put into this post? So after a few (ok maybe 10) PLA 20mm test cubes it seems to be working well (off by about 0.5mm with no real attempt at calibration). Last thing to do is put another 50mm fan on it, and it will be comby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
> Looks like you have figured out Github. Or at > least you managed to upload the Metric source 8 > days ago. Yeah I think I forgot to push the sync button on the windows client. F'ed it up though because I think i committed then reverted then reverted the revert. Sigh. Next rev, hopefully I'll get it right, fingers crossed. I might do some exploded BOM drawings as well, just to help thby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
There seems to be the smell of many partially complete tantillus in the air tonight, good work sublime. Soon they will just replicate themselves. Hmmm I think that might be warning bells........... > Looks like you may be the first to complete their > machine. Nah I doubt it, gotta go offshore for a week, so no playing for a week. I was temped to pack it in my bag however. However almostby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Hey Sublime, Did I manage to fork the repo and comit the Solid works files correctly? Also where would I find wiring diagram for LCD and encoder? Yes I am getting close!!!by willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Sorry Chaps been off the grid, house reno's have been sucking up my time (and a bit of paintball). Builder put a dry wall screw through a gas pipe, nothing like waking up to the smell of gas in the morning, sigh............ Anyhow: On the carriage printing issue: I am using dimension's catylst software to do the STL file processing. You get about three options = sux. Have to as that is all theby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Now if only they could do one of me, finishing my tantillus then smashing the uprint plus at work in a fit of rage, because there material pricing, spare parts pricing and there constant refusal to give me a service manual.........by willworkforplastic - Tantillus
It is done, I think hopefully I have forked from main project on github and uploaded to download area: Pack and Go of Solidworks Model (Eric Can you check it opens OK for me?) Parasolid of Model, for people with different CAD packages or Earlier SW versions Edrawing so people can download free viewer from and then have 3d cad model they can rotate/isolate parts in etc. For those of you downlby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Yup, upper carriage printed incorrectly, think I got the layer direction incorrect. Changed layer direction and this helped heaps. See attached photo, if you are interested. If you can drill the shaft with HSS drill bits then it is probably not in a fully hardened state. Bit of a fail on my behalf for getting chromed, case hardened bearing shaft. Home brew EDM will save the day though..... A siby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Sublime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Willworkforplastic who has recreated the Laser cut > Tantillus in Solid Works is planning on using > those and has modified the XYends to fit the 16mm. > I do not know if they will work on the printed > machine because the XYends can not be any bigger > because of clearance issues. Yup I have, simply by oby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Sublime Wrote: > Thanks for doing all this work I am sure there > will be many people that are happy to have a > choice to the Blender files. No problem mate, got give something back for ecentially copying your years of work.... Anyhow progress: CAD model has everything except a few bits of the electronics, and the gears. I have even put springs and drive wires into it. (Thanks Ericby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
> > I should put this info somewhere but I am not sure > where? Exploded BOM drawings is where I have been clasically taught where this info should go (example attached). With Solidworks model it should be easy to generate some once model is confirmed "good copy". Then you can put heaps of information into drawing etc. Another question though. Got all the drive/idler bars cut up and iby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Right build is going well, just waiting on linear components and electronics now. However I have an issue with the Hotend MKV-B that turned up. I cut the carriage middle from 6mm Acrylic just assuming that it would be the same thickness as all the other bits. However the grove on the hot end is 4.6mm, does this mean that the carriage middle is cut from 4mm arcylic?by willworkforplastic - Tantillus
nophead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes the holes are conical in thick materials. I > asked if they compensated for the kerf or if I had > to do it and they replied that they did the > offsetting but holes would be +/- 0.2mm, so I > imagine the beam would be considerably bigger. It > put the brakes on me selling Mendel90 kits because > thaby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Hmmm, here is my two cents on how I do large prints on our FDM machine (uprint plus) at work. Background: Material media = ABS Support media = PLA (or pretty close to it) ABS is disolved by MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) Support media is disolved out by Caustic Soda solution agetated at 70oC. I use industrial drain cleaner now, as it is about 1/8th of the price of the Dimension/Stratsys stuff and baby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Right I have got it all (except gears and springs) into SW now, got all the laser cutting done and started on the 3d printing. Hopefully building it up will find my translation errors quickly. However I am cheating because the parts are coming of a professional FDM machine. Untill I have unit going I will not be able to print parts of a tantillus etc. Can I post model up in the Tantillus githubby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Eric Young Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A few of the gears (the 3 Motor_Gear files), won't > open as solids for me because "The STL model has > too many surfaces". Are you able to open those as > solids? If so would you mind saving off as a SW > parts and sending them? If you can't open them as > solids either then maybe Sublime can cut the paby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Oh yeah, if you want to do the gears as well, that would be good. I was just going to put them in as imported solid bodies.by willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Yah, more fellow SW users! Sorry for my late reply, this man flu has been kicking my arse. I'm almost there see attached image. Just got to do a few bits and pieces on the Z/extruder and converting bits and pieces to metric. Should be done by end of weekend. If you can model up hot end and electronics that would be sweet. Yes that is the way I am doing it, import STL's/DXF's as surface/solby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Appologies for the late update, but I have been a bit sick, the doc tells me it is an epic case of Man Flu........... Only tried blender once, figured it must be x64 system messing with it, or my Xfire setup. So I have started modeling up laser cut version in SW. Should be there in a week or two depending how hard it is to get over this man flu. I have a few questions but I am waiting to grouby willworkforplastic - Tantillus
Must say this is a tidy little design, love the idea. And I have a laser cutter and 3d FDM printer at work........ Time to put down the gaming mouse and pick up the Cading one...... However not much of a fan of the evil empire that is imperial (the hate derives from the fact it is hard to get in the land of the metric kiwi) so time to re-work in good old solidworks. However does anybody have paby willworkforplastic - Tantillus