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Belfry Fabber Mk1, rev6
Revision 6 of my home-build Belfry Fabber Mk1 plastic extrusion 3D Printer.
Since I slowed down my feed rate to nearly match my extrusion rate, my builds have improved in quality immensely. I'm even starting to experiment with using ABS support structures for overhangs. I still need to either tweak my oozebane settings, or move to a stepper ( Read more... ) -
Microcontrollers
There's a wide range of Microcontrollers out there for all sorts of purposes, but I've noticed a definite progression.
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Printing fail in 3d
The reason I've not been posting all sorts of pics of things I've made on the 3D printer is that, other than the initial teapot, I haven't gotten anything successful ( Read more... ) -
Printing in black
Now witness the power of this fully Armed and Operational battle 'struder!
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Tasks completed today:- Designed and built X-axis table mk3 for CheesecakeCNC.
- Soldered up 6 opto endstops for same.
- Assembled, updated the firmware of, and tested Gen3 electronics.
- Lasered out the parts for the mk4 plastruder.
- Started designing the Y/Z frame.
- Lasered 50 plaques with artwork for an unrelated project.
- Lathed a car pully for a friend.
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Completed X stage.
I spent much of Saturday night making CAD designs for the X stage of the the beast. A quick trip to a local hardware store supplied me with a ton of #6-32 screws and nuts, as well as #10-20 threaded rod, 1/4 inch plated rod, and various nylon and brass bushings.
Since I'd designed for #4 screws and only found #6 screws, I took an hour to tweak the ( Read more... ) -
It works, mwahahah!!
Last night I hooked up a Teensy++ micro-controller, running my G-code interpreter firmware, up to a stepper motor driver and stepper motor from Makerbot, powered by an ATX power supply. I ran some g-code from my CAD through it ( Read more... )
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