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Hey DrStein, fdm printers use the heat contained in the melted extrusion to fuse the new layer to the previous, speed is not an issue. the usual problem is to keep the plastic flowing fast enough to...

The d525mw has provided me with a good experience on a 3D printer . But it's movements are relatively slow. And I'm currently implementing one in a Cnc router.
I would say it fits the bill for your...

have you documented the construction of your printer anywhere?
-Fred

cool dmauch,
do you have a build log of your machine?
-Fred

I've got some functioning videos up on youtube

multi filament extruder test in progress - YouTube

if you check my channel for multifilament there are 3 others.

yeah, the mcwire seems like it would have a tendency to be flaky..... i've run into it before, but to be honest i had to look it up. i have just a bare bit more info about the hotend on my site...

I'm not familiar with master cam, but unless it has an additive process feature, i dont think it will work. but i wouldnt be the one to ask.
I hope you find something that will work for you. having...

no problem.
I personally dont see the attraction of the seemecnc kits, but their prices are supposedly good, and i'm coming from a different place than many people. I see Hoss is investing in one....

well, i never found a 1 stop shop for info, unless you can gain enough info from the hydraraptor blog, i suppose it was the most informative. otherwise the info is spread all over the net, and its...

hey, this is going to be a bit retroactive, as all my time and effort has been in the building of this machine and i havent taken the time to post anything.

the idea was to have a maching capable...

I believe he'srefering to slic3r. Its one of the up and coming cam packages for 3d printing. Good stuff

Bothacker.com has an admireable 80/20 buld. Also check out mendelmax . There's another 80/20 build onthingiverse as well but the name is eluding me.

I've built an extruder of my own design. It was time consuming. By far the most tedious parts are drilling a .5 mm hole and making my own heater coil. Luckily there are ways around both. There are...

how did the printing go Don?

If you're into doing CNC as a hobby, be it milling, routing, printing, laser, etc, I would love to hear from you.
-fred

Sorry i'm late to the game, but i had the same issue last year. if you look back far enough in the linuxcnc forums you can find my thoughts on it. to be honest i dont remember exactly what i had done...

what material are you using?

yeah, i do, a few of them at work, including some cnc machining centers. just dont look forward to the teardown. I just got moved a month ago! i dont want to tear it apart again! ;) I might have to...

hey Fred, my name is Fred as well. nice looking part ya got there. the thicker gibs do make sense from a pressure point of view, my concern was with the lifting forces on the gib side of the table...

gosh degreaser, that test seems like an aweful lot of work.... i can do the deflection test, but do not have a scale to measure movement force...ugh.

i should have read this yesterday, as i have...

WOW. I guess if i had taken the time to draw out a force diagram....... well, at any rate, thats an explanation.
theres a point at which the gib can become to "long" and its ability to resist...

thanks for the thread degreaser, kept my attention the entire way.
I've got a question for you, do you know if there are any ill effects having a gib as thick as you're running? no one has said...

image-to-gcode in emc appears to be broken as far as i can tell. some issue with python

I take it no one knows anything about the estop feature on the C10 board?

Hey all, the CNC Zone is pretty awesome, I've been lurking for a few weeks now, found some great info, and awesome projects.
Also like to say that Keling blew me away in a couple of ways. first of...

ok, so what was the problem? and how did you fix it? ;)

Thanks cbcnc,
gives me a heads up if i go EMC

you must be talking about the EMC wiki?
my apologies on that, and i have learned something new ;)
thanks, Fred

I know nothing about emc, but historically, linux gets along better with nvidia than ATI. that should be changing in the near future. when in doubt, go with an older video card, one thats been around...