If anyone is waiting on the next one of these there is a bit of a delay My Screen on my pc that controlls the reprap went pop and let out some of that magic smoke. (LCD screen power supply, issue) so no printing for a while...by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Directly accepting STL file is one things im hoping the Arm board will be able to do, one day.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
No, there is no feedback from the steppers. Software controlled current is for manual setting of power via software vs a variable resistor. not automated. though a feedback thermistors is a good idea. People are using r-pi's as print servers with web gui's etc I'm not sure any have the power on feature, but im sure it can be done. Yes we do use tend to use 200 step/rev Main reason we use 1/by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I stand by my statements. I am entitled not to blindly follow your propaganda. It doesn’t matter if a previous version is good or not... that is un related. A recent example of exactly this is the Rumba, based on proven tech done by a reliable company, kickstarted, got funding.. Doesn’t work. The end stops are to noisy. If your going to be picky about it your board doesn’t fit the "NO otherby Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
Some boards to have software controlled microstepping settings, and even software controlled current limiting . This of course uses more IO pins. The idea of adjusting stepping settings on the fly is not new... but no slicer does this. (yet) Also from what I read it doesnt give you much, other than variable noise levels! re your 40Khz, this is why people have started using much faster ARby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
How goes the green fillament?by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Brand new board, compleatly unsupported or even tryed by the reprap community... huge risk! with zero help apart from supplier (if your lucky) For a first machine... I personaly would want a much support and help as I could get. Also the funding project is missleading... cable mess?? they picture a gen 3 that had seperate stepper and extruder controllers, this tech is 2+ years old. Most boardby Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
On the Botronicz (as you call it, its really a Sanguinololu board) the LED is wired directly to the power... If you plug it into USB without any other power it should lite up and you should be able to connect to the board and talk to it. The "overcurrent notice" you got makes me think you have a short on the board. I would remove all the pololu driver boards (these ) And disconnect all cablesby Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
There are at least two different upload baud rates in the boot loader, depending on your version Sanguino software from Versions Sanguino-0023r4.zip and up use 57600, eariler versions use 38400. You should be able to edit your boards,txt and change upload.speed= as needed. (not tryed) If I find it easyer to just reflash the bootloader with a 57600 version, then I know what it wants. Fuses seby Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
Some comments, in no particular order.... co processor? no not really, its simply implments serial over USB. There is no ethernet support in standard reprap firmware. You would have to write something to support it. the R3 serial implmentation is better that earilers attempts, from what I read, and some pre R3 boards wont reboot correctly when requested to in software (the latter is fixableby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I should be able to help. I have a bunch off 'offcuts' all 3mm PLA from Vik. Sell?? I was going to give it away.. Bryndwr region.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Its just a discussion. Discussion is good, it leads to new ideas (insane and orther wise )by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
You have missed tho whole point. 3d printing is additive,. Ie no waste (well very little) vs subtractive, where 90% of material could be thrown away. You just want a 5 axis cnc mill. But in the 3d printing world, there are people working on adding more axis, so they can print anything without having to worry about overhangs and support etc... But its in its infancy. generating 5 axis gcode isby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
There will be annother set soon, once I print of some plastics and saw up some rods.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Was there when it opened its doors. Was to busy and cramped, needed more spaceby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
The internet says 180x180mm (myne doesnt move yet so I cant confirm... ) So 152.4mm (6") is a bit small.. Nothing stopping you doing that of course, your just going to have lots of space around your hot bed and a smaller build size.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Sorry No I have no interest in shipping to the USAby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
There will be 5 to 8 depending on how many I decide to keep for myself But that’s probably going to be it for a while, at least from me.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
From an e-mail on the Christchurch Robotics Mailing list If anyone would like to help out, leave a message and ill give you Marks e-mail. "A mate of mine is organizing a talk for the local radio club (Branch 56, Riccarton) and is interested to know if someone with a 3D printer (preferably home-made, maybe RepRap) would be willing to bring along their kit and do a demo one evening. The club meby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
There is something "wrong" with the 1284p bootloader that comes with arduino, or at least I couldn’t get it to work either. I’ve seen others having the same issues... see for how I installed a blank 1284p into my SL and got it working. The stuff you want starts about half way down the post. If your AVR is setup in arduino you can just flash the boot loader via the IDE, my AVR wasn't setup whby Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
You need stepper drivers. 4 of these or equivalent See the 4 modules plugged into the headers See for more info on setting them up.by Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
The issue is the hot end thermistor. It needs to be connected and working correctly and reading realistic temperatures, ie using correct thermistor tables for the hardware This is a safety 'feature' of Marlin.by Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
Some sort of stepper driver is essential Have you seen ? Lots of good information on standard Pololu A4988 stepper drivers.by Dust - Sanguino(lolu)
Person with photos is being very elusive..by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
If your Interested go have a look. If not, have a nice day.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
The normal person who like to take photos was not there, but some photos where taken, I will endeavour to obtain a copy or ask them to upload them.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Well that seem to go well. Dis anyone do a head count? Must have had 30-40 people thereby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
There will be a Prusa I3 Single plate in Laser cut 6mm Aluminium to Drule over, if your so inclined. Just the plate so far. Just got it today. And my Rostock, still not printing, but moving nicelyby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
This is where it is on google mapsby Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group
The meeting will be in room Room A108 Its on the first floor. If people get locked out they can stand by the bike stands outside the electrical building and knock on the window to get access.by Dust - New Zealand RepRap User Group