Adventures in 3D printing
My MicroSD adapters arrived in the post today, so I thought I would give one a try. I moved the PIC18F4550 onto a separate breadboard as I seem to be running out of space for experimentation at the bottom of my current breadboard, plus I want to wire up the MicroSD adapter somewhere close to…
Well after loads of trial and error and lots of searching on the web, I am finally able to talk to the ATmega644p chip on my breadboard via a bluetooth connection. There were 2 issues: First, I have no RST pin on my bluetooth module, so I had to find a way of generating one. This involved…
Just for giggles, I thought I would have a go at designing a delta robot, I have no idea how stable it would be, or if it would be anywhere near accurate enough to use as a 3D printer, or even a pick and place machine. I was initially inspired by a couple of designs…
My USBasp programmer arrived in 3 days (wow that was fast), seems it came from a supplier just down the road from me, rather than direct from HK. I downloaded and installed the Arduino 1.0 software, downloaded and configured the Sanguino add-on software, connected up the programmer to the breadboard, select the relevant options in…
Having built myself a breadboard Sanguino in order to apply a bootloader to the ATmega644p, I decided the quickest way forward would be to build a parallel programmer or DAPA, I mean how hard can it be? a male DB25 and a couple of resistors right? The inspiration for this came from a couple of…
I now have enough parts to start on the frame. Short work was made of cutting the lengths of studding by using the chop saw attachment for my angle grinder, worth every penny of whatever I paid for it at Aldi. Having chopped the six 1m lengths according to the cutting regimen, I then proceeded…
Well I have now amassed most of the items required. My Clonedel parts from Metrix Create:Space turned up the day after I chased them, took just over a month to arrive, they are definitely colourful and some of them are designed in a slightly different manner to a printed set. Surface finish is a bit rough as…
This blog will be following the development of my Reprap Prusa Mendel, from parts source contemplations, through the build process and on to things I eventually get around to printing and all the highs and lows in between. The main issue for all people joining this 3D printer revolution is how to build your first…