Thursday, 29 November 2012

Print frenzy round two

After my safety improvements (mosfet move & PSU connector upgrade on the sanguinololu) the overheating issues have completely vanished, along with the newly insulated hot bed & moving the entire printer into a heated bedroom rather than an unheated workshop (need to build a chamber for the workshop) the printer is behaving very well build quality and speed are all better and I have taken the plunge to print a complete set of new parts for the 1st grandchild.

6 x - Vertex – ref
8 x - Barclamps - ref
2 x - Rodclamps - ref
2 x - Beltclamps  - ref
1 x - Y carriage lm8uu bed mount - ref
2 x - Z motor mounts  - ref
2 x - X carriage’s - ref (rich raps universal quick change for lm8uu & lm10uu derivatives)
1 x – Gregs X carriage (a spare for the one I am currently using)
1 x - X motor end
1 x - X idler end

most of these parts worked perfectly and other than a small problem with very thin (and hollow!) walls on the X ends I am very happy with the results, they are leagues ahead of what the Darwin could produce, and all in ABS!

I have also spent some time printing demo pieces to show to colleges such as the tiny planetary gear set (ref), spirograph set for the kids, several holly wands again for the kids.

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