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05-27-2014, 02:53 PM #1
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05-27-2014, 04:23 PM #2
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Very nice! Looks super stable!
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05-27-2014, 04:55 PM #3
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Nice, all aluminium! But we want specs, what can this sturdy beast do? ;o)
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05-28-2014, 08:11 AM #4
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It runs very well it is very rigid and very reliable the extruder is something I came up with which works flawlessly it uses a serrated drive wheel off mig welder it is over 1 inch in diameter so more teeth are engaged in filament at a time and has 100 to 1 gearbox here is a crappy little video throwing its weight around click on picture should be a link the XY and Z are nema 23 motors
Last edited by cnc dick; 05-28-2014 at 08:15 AM.
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05-28-2014, 08:34 AM #5
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Wow, that thing is a beast. I don't doubt that it's solid, the company worked for used to build testing rigs with that same aluminum extrusion.
I suppose it's running RepRap software?
How much did you spend on this machine?
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05-28-2014, 12:36 PM #6
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Nice, but I was more interested in speeds to be honest. My thought was that it should be able to run at higher speeds because it looks so sturdy.
I see you use Repetier as firmware right?
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05-28-2014, 07:24 PM #7
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It can print at much higher speeds and with no machine deflections problem being I'm a little bit of a stickler for quality and it's the actual filament being laid down on top of the layer before it that governs the quality. Like I say I'm a little fuzzy it definitely will print and 100 mm a second my acceleration is set for 2000 on the X and Y and I definitely could go up on the acceleration. If I remember right the little bottle opener took 32 minutes. Plus that is ABS not PLA which would be faster
Last edited by cnc dick; 05-28-2014 at 07:28 PM.
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05-28-2014, 07:30 PM #8
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I had most of the stuff laying around the aluminum extrusions aluminum plate linear rails and bearings three of the four motors basically I had bought that stuff a long time ago and was very cheap so all I had to buy for the build was one motor the electronics in a couple of belts and the hot end
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05-28-2014, 11:33 PM #9
that looks really solid! love to see some videos of it in action
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05-29-2014, 10:26 AM #10
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Holes and pockmarks in print walls
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