I'm glad it isn't a crazy idea. Haha. Another advantage (?) would be a mechanical Z axis. Working with gravity so therefore no motor necessary. Could be on a rack and pinion, with a mechanical stepper. Tripped when the X axis moves a few steps past home (ie x axis making a return trip every layer). A bit like how the old colour ribbon printers change the position of the ribbon. Then manually rby Printhopeful - Developers
> > With repsnapper dont forget to edit the extruder > temp set for the temp you want. It defaults to 75 > when you generate the gcode > > Hope this helps. THANK YOU. I had been having all sorts off issues. Changed this just now and I'm popping out my first test cube finally!by Printhopeful - Huxley
I think the easiest method is to have the core team dedicate themselves to "pinching" ideas from the masses, to improve and streamline the basic machine. Then focusing on the wiki to make it as clear and clean as possible for the non-techie audience to participate. Including many "what if" scenarios to help people troubleshoot and calibrate their own machine. The wider the audience, the fasterby Printhopeful - Developers
What about a belt with a central magnetic track underlying it?by Printhopeful - Developers
Hey all. Take this with a grain of salt, as I'm not much of a developer and just finishing my first reprap (any tips getting the gears to not slip on motors?). Anyway I had a question with the design. Is there a reason it does not build upside down (build from top to bottom)? Has it been tried? It seems to me the PLA(ABS) will stick to the base strong enough to hold it in place, even against grby Printhopeful - Developers
I'm looking to get into this Reprap phenomenon. Though still trying to get my head around the whole procedure of getting started. Reading the forums, I noticed Mindkits was planning a full on, complete Mendel Kit. But it isn't on the website. Is this still goal? I know you'll have at least one very interested customer.by Printhopeful - New Zealand RepRap User Group