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Article for Magazine Issue 4 - Practical 3D printing - 11 years ago
Hello everyone, I'm planning an article on real-world and practical 3D printing for the RepRapMagazine, if you have any examples of things you have done to assist you in your daily lives or for someone else. especially if the object you made was custom or specifically designed where an equivalent from a shop was not suitable for whatever reason. - We plan to feature as many as possible in a futurby richrap - RepRap magazine
Re: 3DR Part Sourcing - 11 years ago
As mentioned above, rubber bands work really well too. You may also find that you don't need them at all. I have one machine without any fitted and I can't really tell the difference. Maybe it will be required when the rod joints wear down, but that's not happened yet. My test springs were from an old spring-kit sold here in the UK (Maplin) for a few £ the set.by richrap - Delta Machines
Re: Variant of Goopyplastic's Tantillus Variant - 11 years ago
jimjimma Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've published the first stages of a build guide. > Any feedback appreciated. > Build > Guide Fantastic! - great job, that's going to help get a lot more people started.by richrap - Tantillus
Re: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released - 11 years ago
@bluscape I only have a preference when printing different materials, they all work well. I print PLA and Nylon with the 3DR so Use the J-head MK5 - I still find it's the best for Nylon printing and is fast for PLA, lightweight and easy to make Bowden The Prusa V2 nozzle is very good for PET and ABS, for PLA it oozes just a bit more than the E3D. The E3D nozzle is bigger and heavier so I haveby richrap - Delta Machines
Re: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released - 11 years ago
Hello Everyone, Thanks all so much for building up 3DR's and posting here, I have been keeping up with all your developments, so great work all and I hope you like the printer. I'm really impressed with all your builds, changes and upgrades! For anyone still needing a little help Part 3 (Electronics) is now posted and I will have Part 4 (Firmware) up soon. Any questions, do let me know. Cheby richrap - Delta Machines
Re: Prusa Nozzle MKII - 11 years ago
You should be printing PLA at 195 with the Prusa V2 nozzle, not at 220-240, that's really way too hot for any hot-end. PLA starts to breakdown after 220. Have you calibrated your thermistor, so you know the temperature is correct? Have you limited the power to the hot-end PID? (use 160 rather than 255) Have you ran an auto-tune M303 command to get the firmware settings for your hot-end. It shby richrap - General
Re: Variant of Goopyplastic's Tantillus Variant - 11 years ago
nic0laz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > guys, what extruder are you planning to use?. > > i wanna use 3mm filament but i cant find any > bowden non direct drive extruder that can be > mounted on t-slot Woodsmoke did a 3mm remix of my Rostock t-slot mounted geared bowden extruder - Hereby richrap - Tantillus
Re: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released - 11 years ago
Part 2 of the 3DR printer build is up on my blog hereby richrap - Delta Machines
Re: 3DR released - 11 years ago
Hi everyone, I'm so pleased with the response to the 3DR release, I'm a little swamped with messages etc. so just wanted to say thank you to all interested in it and improving on my starting point. It's great to see people already converting the files to other formats and packages. Thank you all and keep up the modifications and improvements, this is exactly how it's all supposed to happen wby richrap - General
Re: Homeprototypes: storage via git - 11 years ago
Is this really abandoned? Has anyone any views on the Githubiverse Template Gary Hodgson produced - see here And if you want to see what a Githubiverse page looks like, I recently posted my 3DR delta project using the template, see here.by richrap - Object repositories
Re: RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released - 11 years ago
Yes, it should be possible to adapt for almost any type of rigid vertical frame. It's only been released a few days and already people are doing just that. Nicolas Arias is building a version with square 20mm x 20mm Aluminium tubes instead of the T-slot - Take a look on his G+ Page here - As for how much plastic, About 350g I expect, depending on fill level.by richrap - Delta Machines
Re: TCT Show registration?? - 11 years ago
Hi Mike, The show is aiming to attract more makers, developers, and users, so feel free to fill in the form however you like. This show should be good for us in the RepRap community, but people do need to register, come along and join in, see you all there. I registered and did - Job Title = RepRap Company = RepRap Tick for the magazine - it's a good read Company primary activity = Otherby richrap - General
RepRap 3DR Delta printer Released - 11 years ago
Hi Everyone, My 3DR Delta printer is now released, the design model files and source, images etc. can be found here on GitHub An initial post about 3DR is available on my Blog here More posts will follow to show construction, setup and use etc. Please let me know if you decide to build one, And let me know if you have any questions. Many thanks, Rich.by richrap - Delta Machines
RepRap Community Get together - September - UK - 11 years ago
This is a cross post for a community meeting we are planning, if you want to read more please see here - it should be great fun. Cheers, Rich.by richrap - Reprappers
RepRap Community Get together - please read - 11 years ago
Hello everyone ! - And apologies for the double post if you have already read this in the UK User group. This is a post to generate interest in the RepRap Community Meeting Hub event we are planning for September this year at the TCTShow Birminghan NEC - in the United Kingdom. An intro and background to the event is on My blog here. or in the RepRap Magazine Issue 2 In a nutshell we (‘you’ -by richrap - RepRap magazine
RepRap community meeting -UK- all welcome - 11 years ago
Hello everyone ! This is a post to generate interest in the RepRap Community Meeting Hub event we are planning for September this year at the TCTShow Birminghan NEC - in the United Kingdom. An intro and background to the event is on My blog here. or in the RepRap Magazine Issue 2 In a nutshell we (‘you’ - the RepRap community) have a large stand space at the TCTShow in the UK, it’s a big and iby richrap - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
RepRap Magazine Issue 2 - 11 years ago
We have a some really special community announcements as part of the RepRap Magazine Issue 2 - Stay tuned for more information and please get involved if you can! The RepRap Magazine team - working hard for youby richrap - RepRap magazine
Re: rostck j-head bowden holder - 11 years ago
My version is up on Thingiverse here And the extruder hereby richrap - General
Re: Bi-Cube contest: ends 11th May - 11 years ago
Well done Steve, a great set of prints, looking forward to the next challenge, and thanks richgain for this one, it was a good test.by richrap - Competitions
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) 
[Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
cambo3d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > and just becuase i have 4 messages on this > forum,,,your point is? and oh this makes it 5, > does that help at all? > > i dont believe these or any of my comments are > for you.....so whose policing who here? However you want to live your life, my point was that 50% of your comments so far were attackby richrap - General
Re: Stratasys Ex- Engineer - 11 years ago
I was saying hello and introducing RepRap and it's ideas, I'm all for innovation, and yes been doing this for a while now, and also know that Stratasys have great products and ideas too, I'm a huge fan of their technology. I also know why Stratasys nozzles are clean, they get wiped down very aggressively before a print, this also wears them out over time so they need to be replaced after X numbeby richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
@cambo3d - I'm glad you see a link, links are good, it's all good, development, sales, information, what's your problem? You have only posted 4 messages and two of them are badgering someone. - we don't need RepRap Police.by richrap - General
Re: Stratasys Ex- Engineer - 11 years ago
Hi Keyvan, Welcome to the RepRap Forums and our massive community of RepRappers - The goals of RepRap are to produce a self replicating machine, not just a more professional printer. It would be just as worthwhile to make one out of Bamboo and string as it would to do a high-end CNC engineered machine, so with that in mind do take a very good look through the Wiki at www.reprap.org You reallyby richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
We are all trying to collaborate here, so don't panic! - It actually makes a lot of sense to have different hot-end information in the same thread, it's all good knowledge for people to find and learn. Hot-end designs are the most tricky areas for a 3DPrinter, anyone that has made their own or tried a design that was less than optimal will appreciate the sort of information Sanjay, Erza and Nophby richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
thejollygrimreaper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > richrap: bear in mind there will be a difference > between 3mm and 1.75mm hotend performances, are > you planning on reviewing both sizes? Where available and possible to get hold of (for example the Prusa nozzle is only 3mm), I can't look at every single type as it would cost me a fortune, but I'm doingby richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
maddox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With you having experience with both the E3 and > the Prusa stainless hotends, any quick words on > how they compare? I'm going to be doing a full review for Issue 3 of the RepRap Magazine, so watch out for that (after we all get Issue 2 finished that is!) But since you asked and I did post that photo... Prusa Nozby richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
Nice Print Cameron, Thanks - I'll try a few more and slow down with settings similar to yours, I was going about 2x that speed, maybe that's the issue.by richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
cambo3d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but you guys aren't using a bowden setup like > polygonhell and some others. Yes, using both Bowden on a Rostock and Greg's Geared on a MendelMax Main difference is that I'm not using the E3D fan and mount - just a normal 40mm carriage fan mounted on my Quick-Fir X carriage - use that for all extruders. And onby richrap - General
Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago
I'll add my week of testing to this thread - I'm basically running it in exactly the same way as a J-head MKV - It can deal with a little less extruder reversal for PLA and ABS - I'm still tuning it for Nylon. I have ran it as 15mm/sec to 80mm/sec with PLA, and with 0.5mm to 2.5mm retraction no issues at all. I'm using exactly the same Temperature settings as the J-head, but it does seem to gby richrap - General
Re: Bi-Cube contest: ends 11th May - 11 years ago
While testing the E3D hot-end I printed this bi-cube, standard settings on my (getting very worn out) MendelMax Black machine. 25% line infill - Bi Cube model 100% size 0.25mm Layers 65mm/sec infill speed 60mm/sec perimeter 2.5mm extruder retraction. 15 seconds minimum layer time - (needs to be a bit longer really - some curling) Using the E3D Nozzle - 0.4mm / Stainless Steel Gold PLA 1.75mm - 1by richrap - Competitions