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Many of the links I had in the page (like to the videos) have been replaced with links to people selling things. Links have been added, like the very first link on the page. I can't edit the old...

Thank you Mr. Administrator!

12-10-2012

I found this neat mason jar lid on thingiverse made by AlexEnglish, his web page is here.
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12-04-2012
Made a tweezer holder and a potato bag clip I got fron Thingiverse. The tweezer holder was rezized to 5/16", but didn't fit right, so trashed it.
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12-1-2012

I made a wrench holder for my millimeter wrenches using my wood router CNC machine. So I thought I would design one in 3D using 123D Design.

Following are some pictures. The first...

11-29-2012
Following is a video of my Reprap Prusa Mendel printing at much higher speeds then I previously used. Printing at 65mm/sec vs. my other videos at 30.

Video of the faster printing.
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Thanks. I printed out the stands and am using them.

11-22-2012

Made a filament stand designed by 4ndy from Thingiverse.
http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/RepRap_Prusa_Mendel_Build/SmallPictures/IMG_1172_small.JPG...

HI Hoss,

I've watched all your videos on Youtube, very use full information. FYI I have finished my build (buildlog In the Reprap section).

I couldn't find your spoolholder design for the...

Build of a RepRap Prusa Mendel 3D Printer

See my website and click on images for full size pictures, and for readable BOM and Time to Build Spreadsheets.


11-7-2012

I ordered the complete...

Care to elaborate? I have my homing and limits on TWO input pins, although I am using 8 switches. This way I can square up my X and A (my two slaved axis).

Barry

4/3/2011 I decided to add a project I completed using the FLA300. You can see it at cnc.k4mg.com, as well as download the Aspire cut file.

Installed support board for spoilboard, and the spoilboard itself. Support board is two parts, a 48X54 piece, and a 16X54 one, to fill the opening.

Here is how both pieces look cut out and...

Z is all the way to the top in the picture, so I guess it makes it look peculiar. I get 5" of Z movement.

2/15/11 I Bought this relay for $3.25 from Jameco, and used a 6v DC wallwart from my junkbox to power a router control setup. Hooked up to Mach3 Output #1, pin17 on parallel port, and G540 pin #5. ...

I used 4', which I found used. I could have used maybe 6" less and it would still have worked.

Bottom Hard Stop and Limit Switch, Z Axis, replacement picture. Turns out you need a spacer.
http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/FLA300%20Build/Build%20Log%20Small%20Pictures/IMG_0658.jpg

Z Home and...

1/30/2011 I've put lockable casters on all 6 legs, and 2 hard stops on X, A, Y, and Z. Also Homing/Limit switches on X, A, Y, and Z with wiring to follow. I'm going to wire all switches in series,...

@ DIYaholic - Thanks, wiring up homing switches and installing hard stops as we speak.

@ rantenki - I was going to just cut open the controller ends of the cables, cut the wires going to 1 and 5,...

1/5/2011 G540 arrived yesterday. Set up a temporary arrangement for the controller, and wired up motors, E-Stop, and Power supply. Attached picture is what this temporary arrangement looks like,...

And my G540 finally arrives tomorrow! Thanks for the heads-up, guess I will be taking apart my motor cables to remove the resistors, and building an adapter for the G540 end to use the resistor. I...

Wood and probably larger aluminum. I have a small cnc mill for metalworking. You can see my setup at my CNC home page, CNC Routing

Sure, no problem, I attached a .pdf.

I got lots of this on black Friday sales, or specials with no shipping costs.

Yesterday I got a Fed Ex ship notice that the G540 would be delivered on 1/4/2011. Thank you Nate.

Senna, thanks for the encouragement.

I used the ends of the Y rails as a reference, lined up the longer end of the gantry with the end of the Y rail and blocked it in place, loosened all 4 bolts on both sides, and moved the short side...

Today I got a very nice email from Nate of FLA apologizing for being non-responsive, and also promising to ship out the G540 today. He offered me a $100 refund for my problems. As it turns out, he...

Drawings:
The drawings are the best set of plans I have ever used. Once I became somewhat familiar with how to use the SolidWorks viewer, I was able to find everything I needed to build the machine...

12/26/2010 Mounted X Axis R&P, mounted Z Axis assembly and router. Loosened Y axis rail (each rail was only held in place by one bolt), moved rail and racks to final position 2" from front to...

12/25/2010 Caught up to real time now. Did this work in about 3 hours today. Tomorrow I will hopefully mount the Z, and give some details about my experiences using the drawing and the BOM. I...

12/24/2010 Everything appears to be square and the bed is equally down as near as I can measure. Using a simple Harbor Freight roller from my table saw helped a lot getting the Y 3030 and rails on....

12/21/2010 I am using roll-in nuts for my spoilboard, so don't need any hardware in the cross-members. I can't put the rails on until I square everything, and I have to put the brackets on to help...