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Hey there Randall,
Welcome! I'm interested in all those things which you've done, you lucky guy!
I'm afraid I'm a wee bit short on time these days. I work a full-time job, then come home and work some more on a moonlight job until about 10pm, then try and get some sleep so that I can repeat the process again tomorrow. The deadline looms ever closer.
But when that's over, I'll have lots more
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Dear Andrey,
Yes, working out the hardware bugs first sounds prudent. Also, you might consider upgrading your material. Now that you've got something which moves and so forth, you can try different things and see what works best.
-Hawk
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Duncan,
No worries, anytime you're free let me know.
As far as Linux, I have a Linux server at home as my primary workstation, but I've never put it on Mac hardware. My understanding of Ubuntu is that it's very friendly, and will keep existing OS's undisturbed.
With a Windoze machine, I've re-partitioned the drive, moved the Windoze partition over and resized it, then put a linux partition in
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Hey dude,
I'm all for a meeting, but it would have to be close to Hollywierd, because all I've got is a bike. And it'd have to be on a Saturday, because that's my only day off.
What's your schedule like?
-Hawk
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Welcome Duncan!
Yes, any help is much appreciated.
I've thought about the machine building it's own structure, but how would one get it long enough? The length of the frame is greater than the maximum length of any part which could be built in the frame... right? Or maybe the extruder could be extended so that it can rise far above the printing table? Or perhaps one bar could be printed so t
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Greetings guys,
I found these one:
But they're a big expensive, and they are limited to 2.5".
I have one bar which would probably fit okay, but the other one is 3" in dia.
So I found myself at ebay again and found this:
Do not trust the picture, these blocks are 5" long! Longer than my parts. On this page, there is a big graphic with a table of all v-blocks that this guy has, and they go
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Wingman777, ronanwarrior,
Aaah, I see! That'll work.
Yes, I buy a lot of stuff from MicroMark. They have a good catalog, an okay website.
Those V-blocks are probably too small for this particular part, but I'll grab 'em anyway. Do you know of a supplier for slightly larger V-blocks?
-Hawk
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
I want to somehow fix a round aluminum bar to the table of my mill so that I can cut into it. It's not very big, about 3 inches long and maybe 1 inch in diameter. But it's too big to fit in my little milling vice, and my step-block hold-down set wouldn't work on a round part which would twist and turn under the pressure.
Have any ideas on something like this? Is there a specialized hold-down
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Dear Kyle/ronanwarrior,
Yeah, me too. But I've already found many online resources which should get me going. For example, I found a few pages which explain how to build one's own programmer for the starter PIC, the 16F84. I was going to do this because the one from Microchip costs $200:
But then I ran across this store:
And they sell a little home-brew PIC programmer for about $27:
Tha
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Hey there Kyle/ronanwarrior,
Getting the school to help you out is a good idea. And at least you have access to their machines. I basically started from scratch. I'm still building my shop and collecting all the necessary tools.
Do you know anything about programming PICs?
-Hawk
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG
Greetings, fellow GearHeads!
I'm just a simple geek in Hollywood. I'm currently being a WebMonster, Random PC Guru, SpamSlayer, SysAdmin, DB Wizard, and all around good, geeky guy. I'm getting very interested in building a RepRap and making it make stuff.
Making stuff is why I originally got my milling machine. I got a nice little Sherline, and I'm having fun cutting aluminum. I'm almost re
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jedihawk
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California, Los Angeles RUG