Adventures in 3D printing
Swapping in the new Ramps 1.6 board was simple and straightforward, I then programmed this with the same Repetier firmware I had prepared for the previous board. I powered it on and this time no magic smoke and all the motors were behaving as they should, they just needed to be calibrated for steps/mm which was…
When I assembled the various moving parts of the Ord Bot Hadron frame, they were all very tight even with the eccentric nuts at their widest settings. Because they are so tight, the wheels develop flat spots that then makes it very difficult to move the various axes, they also manage a complete revolution of…
It is finally time for my old printer to bite the dust, it was really starting to look very sorry for itself. I also wanted to reuse some of the parts for the new Hadron. Here is a photo showing the dismantled Prusa i3. Here are the parts that will be reused on the Hadron…
There were a number of parts that needed to be made/printed, either because the kit did not actually contain any printed parts, or because I decided on changes/upgrades to the base Hadron build. Some belt grips, one set for the X and one for the Y axis. Some brackets to attach the power supply to…
I have been collecting parts for a while now and whilst I am still waiting on some, I thought I would get started. First off I needed to cut the Makerslide to length, the build calls for 3 x 330mm lengths and 1 x 430mm length along with 1 x 370mm length of 20x40mm profile.…
I actually made these parts back in October 2015, but simply forgot to post an update. I wanted to make use of one of my many salvaged laptop power supplies to run the Mini Kossel, and since I intend to try using a sanded acrylic print bed, I won’t need 10A to heat it, as…
Following a long period of storage (being relegated to the garage), my Prusa i3 copy was not doing so well, several of the printed parts were failing, or close to failing and needed to be replaced. A work colleague had asked me to print a couple of vesa mounts for some HP screens, so I…
When I create new items in Google Sketchup, they sometimes have holes in them when I export them as STereoLitography or STL files, as such I usually make use of the Microsoft repair service on Azure. This allows you to upload an STL file, the site will repair the holes and then allow you to download a repaired STL file of your…
Following on from last year, I wanted to print a few more spooky items. I bought a 1kg reel of 1.75mm glow-in-the-dark filament from ebay seller etang_uk for £11.99 with free shipping. I then used this to print a couple of Cute hug me Ghosts from Thingiverse: First I printed one at 100%, then I…
One of the main items I was wanting to see this year was the new HP printer that uses inkjet technology to print, unfortunately, it seemed that the machine was in pieces and also that I actually knew more about the machine than the HP representatives on the stand! Here is an interesting Prusa I3…