Haha, was just test fitting some then, and it appears the T Nuts are slightly too big for the V Slot! Nooooo haha. *reaches for the sandpaper*by pugzor - Delta Machines
Hah, don't worry Andy, my 3.5 year old LOVES the yellow! She's already requested that I print an aeroplane, a monkey, a kookaburra and a whale for her. Sure, it's probably not the yellow I would have chosen, but it's still cool. I'm happy. Figured the "feet" were removable too after looking at your Thingiverse pics and noticing a distinct lack of them in the finished printers. I think your BOMby pugzor - Delta Machines
Got my parts from Andy today! *dances* It sure is a bright yellow Andy haha. Should be good though. Everything arrived intact other than the feet on one of the tower bases. Are they needed or can they be removed? Just waiting for my electronics from China and I should be all good to go. Ends up I was actually supplied with 4.5m of GT2 belt so I was well and truly safe for adding on the 50mmby pugzor - Delta Machines
Well the GT2 belt is only used for the 3 vertical movements, right? I think it's going to be REAL close on whether I can do this or not with my existing GT2 belt... I think it mostly depends on whether or not I have exactly 4 metres. Got my v slot today! Something funny about receiving several pieces of extrusion from the other side of the world. My parts from Andy should be in my hands tomorrowby pugzor - Delta Machines
Nice! Yeah, that's what I was thinking too vreihen. Think I might build it with a hard-wired mains cord to begin with, but once I can print out some parts, I'll make a nice little add-on box to mount an IEC connector onto. Andy, do you think there'd be enough belt in the quoted "4 metres" to add that extra 50mm of height? I got my V Slot today and I just want to make sure before I cut, haha. Iby pugzor - Delta Machines
Has everyone just been directly wiring in a mains cord to their PSU, that basically goes from the PSU straight to the wall? Has anyone played with the idea of throwing a fused IEC plug into the mix? I know it's all home brew but I have an unhealthy passion for trying to make my gear look consumer grade...by pugzor - Delta Machines
Out of interest, is there anything really stopping us adding extra height to the build volume? I'm guessing the main limitations would be the amount of v slot and -gt2 belt you've got to play with, along with wiring length, but is there anything else? Was just playing with the idea of trying to make the print envelope 300mm high instead of 250mm.... Is that achievable?by pugzor - Delta Machines
Only 4 more orders to come in! Unfortunately that just happens to be most of the parts haha. I'm picking up the power supply tomorrow but then I've got to wait for all my misc bits from the UK, the electronics from China and a few bits (like the v-slot) from the US.by pugzor - Delta Machines
Haha, it's all good. I can't wait until mine is assembled! Really looking forward to it. It's a bit of a tease having the stepper motors sitting on my desk right now... BTW, I was worried how I was going to join the GT2 belt, but then had a better look at your Thingiverse pics Andy and saw the neat little clamp (for lack of a better description?). The pics you've got up on Thingiverse are almostby pugzor - Delta Machines
Totally understand that! I was concerned about the extra weight that would have been added in filling the tube too... I was even thinking at one stage that expandable filler foam (used in patching walls) might have been a nice solution, as it would have added support inside without adding a lot of weight. I'm unsure how it would stand up to temperatures in the system though and if it would have aby pugzor - Delta Machines
I bit the bullet and decided on pultruded carbon fibre arms. It's probably overkill but they happen to make them in 6mm OD 4mm ID and at a reasonable cost. It was less than AU$20 for 2x 1 metre lengths of it. Just wasn't too fond of the aluminium tube I had... There's a good chance they might have been fine, but I think over time they may have suffered fatigue with those thin walls, especially ifby pugzor - Delta Machines
Was just wondering, do you guys think the aluminium tubing is strong enough? I noticed a few people are using carbon fibre rods... Would it be worth filling the aluminium tubing with resin or something just to give it some added rigidity, or is the system fairly sensitive to the weight of the rods? The rods I've got are fairly light duty so I'm a tiny bit worried I guess... Wall thickness is lessby pugzor - Delta Machines
Hi all, What are the experiences everyone has had with power supplies sourced from eBay? There are some pretty good prices floating around there that make it difficult to ignore as an alternative, and to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them were made in the same locations their higher-priced cousins were... Sorry if this has been asked before! I did have a quick check but lookingby pugzor - Controllers
Hey all, Just thought I'd pop my head in and say hi as I've started collecting parts to build my own Cherry Pi III. It'll be my first 3D printer, although I've backed The Micro on Kickstarter. I'm definitely going to need some help so I figured I'd introduce myself first! So far the biggest challenge has been to locate parts within Australia as shipping really is a killer for anything from theby pugzor - Delta Machines