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Re: losing notification-messages from the stepmotor devices - 17 years ago

andreas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hi kevin, > > here is the fix for this problem. > > best > andreas Andreas, I programed and ran V7 last night and it seemed that can only run my x and y axis in one direction?? It might be me also tonight I was going to try the one that is on source forge as a base line to see if that works in both dir

by brucew - RepRap Host

Re: Stepper Motors - 17 years ago

Jon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > ER-MOTOR-425-OZ-IN_W0QQitemZ120176572930QQihZ002QQ > categoryZ78196QQcmdZViewItem > > can anybody comment on these? > what kind of size restrictions are we looking at? Jon i am using these but the dual shaft version. 60.00 is very good i paid 100.00 with shipping. I would like to see what they end up at. I

by brucew - Mechanics

Re: How much torque? - 17 years ago

Well I got the motors in from www.kelinginc.net and they worked after I reloaded the newest firmware in my chip's they seem to be a small bit of vibration but if I adjust the torque they are not bad at around a setting of 210. They drive everything with no problem and are double shafted and the same size as the nanotech motors. and in seeing the first Darwin last week seem to be running very clos

by brucew - Mechanics

not able to download host software in eclipse - 17 years ago

I was trying to create a Developer Linux machine and I am not able to get the host file from source forge I get a unable to save license key error?? I am using Ubuntu 7.04 and I am using the Ubuntu instructions in the install developer software Wiki. thanks Bruce W.

by brucew - RepRap Host

Re: TODO: Non-3D mode - 17 years ago

I have found this python script on the fab lab site it is used to convert files to stl format and others.. Bruce W.

by brucew - RepRap Host

Re: IRC channel? - 17 years ago

That works for me so tonight at 6pm est..?? Bruce W.

by brucew - General

Re: IRC channel? - 17 years ago

I have never seen any body there? we should have a time to meet like once a week. on the reprap freenode

by brucew - General

Re: candyfab 4000 - 17 years ago

thanks and then i would be diabetic in a week!!! and i would need support material.. Bruce W

by brucew - General

Re: VM ware - 17 years ago

this is cool Zach thanks i will download and give it a try. Bruce

by brucew - Reprappers

VM ware - 17 years ago

In the devoloper forum Forrest posted about Vm ware. and or live cd. i had some insight. 1st. I have been running vm ware for my reprap software. and i have found that the sun java com api seems to have a hard time talking to the usb port and also the serial port i am running vm ware workstation 5 2nd I have started on a live cd and have found the java license to be a problem. my 3rd optio

by brucew - Reprappers

Re: Rambling Richards's Ready to Rumble (almost ...) - 17 years ago

This looks great! but how did you do the table bracket i see it is plywood but how are the nuts held in place?? Bruce Wattendorf

by brucew - Reprappers

serial comm and getting boards to comm--Help?? - 17 years ago

While trying to get the "beta" unversal board that I ordered with Zach I found that I am running debian in a virtual machine and each time i get a java port exception error which i also get when running the reprap software in windows (with no java comm api installed). so i then did a search and found this link to a different java com api i do not know if it can be added to the install but it sou

by brucew - Reprappers

repstrap with aluminum parts?? - 17 years ago

I think Zach has something with using aluminum to build some parts? I have been using MDF but I found it breaks apart? it works for some parts but things like corner brackets it does not work to well. so I am thinking on using aluminum for the things that can break and need to be tapped, like corner brackets. I have found fasten all Here in the USA has aluminum for around $1 to $2 an inch since

by brucew - Reprappers

Re: Progress on Richard - 17 years ago

what I found On my machine I am working on I am using MDF and had used 2 blocks stacked on top of each other I then had drilled one hole on the corner of all the blocks and inserted a nut and bolt to tighten the corners after they were allighned then made a block that had the 3 remaining holes alighned and drilled the remaining 3 holes on each corner so they were indexed on the 1st hole I found

by brucew - Darwin