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Re: Ormerod FreeCAD Rework & My Ormerod Itteration - 3 years ago
Afternoon. Still slowly being tweaked but I should put something up, you're right! I'll try and sort something this week.by WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... - 3 years ago
I'll vouch for the alloy bed plates! Running two sets here, also hammering out face shield frames. @orictosh hello! The filamentive clear PETG that you sold me when closing down the website is working great on the frames. More than can be said for a alternate 'snow white' PETG which is proving brittle. Did you get left with any more DHT sensors that you would still like to shift? I would be inteby WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... - 3 years ago
There's no wood on bearings if you are using the bed support kit?by WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Hotend shoot out on Twitter (not my work) and further questions! - 4 years ago
Yeah, I can see why you wouldn't get along well with social media. Nothing I said was a dig at you. Just trying to clarify what you were commenting on. Regards surface temp of polymer I'd suggest it is likely no one has been able to measure it accurately. I would love a read out of actual melt temp and suspect it would make a huge difference on the portability of process parameter sets between mby WesBrooks - General
Re: Hotend shoot out on Twitter (not my work) and further questions! - 4 years ago
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of social media myself either. Forum were the first social media, but at least these have more purpose than posturing and self promotion. Was that just aimed at Social Media, my comment on the location of the temp sensor, or the product too? If the latter please air your grumbles if they are likely to save me cash!by WesBrooks - General
Hotend shoot out on Twitter (not my work) and further questions! - 4 years ago
The folk that make the Mosquito are releasing a lower price option, or trying to - it is on kickstarter. I've seen this pending comparison on twitter (not directly by the hotend manufacturer) and it looks interesting. It has raised a question though. Typically in PID comtrolled heaters don't you want the temp sensor close to the heater? The V6 design has it on the cold end of the heater blockby WesBrooks - General
Re: Cad for printing...?? Moving On? - 4 years ago
OpenSCAD module in FreeCADby WesBrooks - General
Re: Cad for printing...?? Moving On? - 4 years ago
+1 vote for FreeCAD. The project is really coming along now. You still need to be aware of it's peculiarities to get the best of it, but it is at least stable for me now, and open source. With that at least the version I am using now can never become anything but free of charge to use. All that said it is notably slow in some situations and not as easy to use as some commercial offerings.by WesBrooks - General
Re: This is a 3dbenchy - 4 years ago
Crap! I've dropped it again. Nobody move...by WesBrooks - General
Re: Print quality and fine-tuning of settings - 4 years ago
It's getting too hot on the small sections. The areas you can look into are: * Increasing base part cooling fan speed. For PLA I tend to run mine at 100% all the time and I have a radial blower rather than the axial fans that don't have much push in the face of any restriction. * Decrease extrusion temperature. * Work on a better part cooling duct. It's difficult to compare extrusion temps unleby WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Ormerod FreeCAD Rework & My Ormerod Itteration - 4 years ago
Sorry, I've been mad busy trying to get a couple of P3Steels reliable to rely on for my business. That said one of the reasons I moves o0nto the P3s was because I was disheartened by some strong vertical artefacts on this machine. As it happens I ended up chasing the same on those too. Long story short it appears to be a mix of both the 16 step drivers and counter intuitively (at least at first)by WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Native vs Interpolated microstepping? - 4 years ago
It does depend what board you are using and what speeds you are working at. My main experience is with RepRapFirmware and Duet systems. From the forums discussing those boards I have seen most settle on using interpolation, but there are cases where it makes sense to try controller driven steps. Noise isn't one of those reasons though. In RepRapFirmware the status command returns a hiccup countby WesBrooks - General
Re: How to tell if something is running Marlin? - 4 years ago
I'm going to have to read this a few times! "2. Open-Source Licenses. The Software may include one or more software components subject to an open-source license (“Open-Source Components”). Your use of the Open-Source Components is governed by, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the applicable open-source and public licenses. You understand and acknowledge that the Open-Source Componentsby WesBrooks - General
Re: How to tell if something is running Marlin? - 4 years ago
To legally be in a position where they had the option of not sharing their firmware source code as set up for their machines they would have had to re-write the whole code nase frm scrath rather than re write just a module or two right? I struggle to see the point in not circulating the source for a basic cartesian system.by WesBrooks - General
Re: How to tell if something is running Marlin? - 4 years ago
Controller is reportedly based on Rumba.by WesBrooks - General
How to tell if something is running Marlin? - 4 years ago
Hi All, How can you tell if a system is using Marlin? Any idea what the firmware for the Raise3D Pro2 is based on? Thanks!by WesBrooks - General
Re: Ciclops Scanners - any experience? - 4 years ago
I've got it running after forcing through a load of the code to python 3 (started by someone else), compiling the latest libraries for the on-computer software, and basing it on v-slot extrusion. It's still a fussy thing and I've not been able to spend any time on it recently as my printers have been too much of a headache. I did decide that a light box would be essential to be able to calibrateby WesBrooks - General
Re: Printing Waste, Specifically Dissolvable Supports - 4 years ago
Sorry I ment PVA.by WesBrooks - green talk
Re: Printing Waste, Specifically Dissolvable Supports - 4 years ago
Fair enough! Read a few sites in the mean while and PLA is redarded as not hazardous to human consumption as it does not accumulate in the body. Still seems like a huge waste to me, single use and landfill.by WesBrooks - green talk
Re: Printing Waste, Specifically Dissolvable Supports - 4 years ago
My bad, I think the water soluable material is PVAby WesBrooks - green talk
Re: Printing Waste, Specifically Dissolvable Supports - 4 years ago
So after being dissolved (I think it is water for pvc and limonene for HIPS) the polymer is permanently destroyed and the resulting solution couldn't be dried and reformed nack to filament? There would be significant and potentially toxic out gassing from that charcoaling process wouldn't there?by WesBrooks - green talk
Printing Waste, Specifically Dissolvable Supports - 4 years ago
Hi all, One of the measures that Material Extrusion systems beat Photopolymer systems is handling of the excess, waste, reject, and raw material. There are services available to collect and recycle unwanted PLA, PETG, etc. As far as I am aware waste from photocured resin systems is landfill when fully cured and hazardous in its raw form. I would like to have a go with using a support material,by WesBrooks - green talk
Re: Sell Parts or Complete Printer? - 4 years ago
I'm using DDMetalProducts Ormerod 2 bed support that I bought through you. Are you upgrading your machine, getting some space back, or scaling back your printing?by WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Ormerod FreeCAD Rework & My Ormerod Itteration - 4 years ago
Thanks. This project had been snoozed for a while as I got some other things setup. Hopefully dusting it off again soon. Lessons learnt in time or on the other machines mean the following will be tackled: * Needs a far less restrictive fan duct. * Motors may be over specced contributing to ripples. * Y axis rsils to be dropped and mount sizes reduced. * x carriage redesign for more travel. * Woby WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Sell Parts or Complete Printer? - 4 years ago
Morning. Difficult to judge as I've not seen many on ebay for a while and none with dual extrusion - although I have one of those boards at home running a P3Steel with x axis levelling. Recently paid £45 for a v0.8.5 board which is essentially a 5 axis v0.6. I'll check my notes but think the new Ormerod kit that I bought was about £130 and one with the aluminium but suspected fried noad about £by WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: Ormerod 3 on the market! 
Your Thoughts - 4 years ago
Quotecheeseandham IMHO, WesBrooks Ormerod rework is the spiritual successor to the Ormerod if you want something like that Cheers! This project has been idle for a while due to getting some other machines and a business plan setup I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, just!by WesBrooks - Ormerod
Re: TMC5160 question/ TMC drivers question - 4 years ago
Most reset to zero value. Read from page 30 onwards.by WesBrooks - General
Re: 24V prusa style 3d printer System - 4 years ago
Running a 12V heater on a 24V supply is problematic from a safety stand point. Trial and error with PWM and a current meter may result in being able to match the rated power with the higher suppy but in the event of the PWM locking on things could get ugly very quickly. Fuse may not blow in time. I don't know enough about buck converters to advise on their use.by WesBrooks - General
Re: 24V prusa style 3d printer System - 4 years ago
Do you mean you have a spare 24v silicone heater? What controller do you have? Generally the heaters and fans are swapped for 24V. Need for MOSFET on the heater maybe reduced if you have power matched your replacement heaters to the originals. Edit: Miss read your post as a converting a machine to 24V and I have the heater sorted. As Dust has already hinted it maybe cheaper to buy a 24V heaterby WesBrooks - General
Re: Monoprice Mini Select - now with DUET v0.6 ! - 4 years ago
I'veused the Duet v0.6 for Ormerods / custom cantilevers and core xy systems. I've a few P3Steels in the works and at least one will be on a v0.6. They are very capable boards, but I'd be inclined to use external MOSFETs for the heated bed, especially if you already have them. Their weak spot are the drivers really. Noisey and only 16 microsteps.by WesBrooks - Firmware - mainstream and related support