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3d printer auto eject system is 100% working
04/28/2017 at 05:49 • 0 commentsToday I worked on the printer a bit more.
Made some changes to the gcode for the print start and stop. And glued a few pices or rubber I cut from a rubber band on the bottom of the printer table to provide some grip to hold the paper in place.
See the video below. I will be updating the git hub over the next few days with some more polished code and some instructions on how to set this up with your own printer.
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Success with making the trap door move and dropping print
04/27/2017 at 03:31 • 0 commentsSo got another update.
Got an extra stepper hooked up the printer. Set up the firmware to use it.
And ran a test for the whole system.
Still have a few tweeks to go.
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Built the new table to hold printer and mocked up trap door
04/24/2017 at 23:08 • 0 commentsbuilt the table and have mocked up the trap door.
See the video.
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New concept for 3d printer auto eject and new printer
04/21/2017 at 04:07 • 0 commentsso here is a video outlining the build so far.
It ilustrates the concept and shows the progress from this week. If you want to see the software please look at the video from the first build log.
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Got the new Delta kit and assembled it
04/20/2017 at 15:40 • 0 commentsSo I got the new Delta kit and assembled it. I assembled it upside down so that the motors are on the top. I did not install the print bed. This is so that the print bed can be below the printer with a trap door mechanism. I plan to use the spare motor diver for a second extruder to drive the stepper for the trap door. Will post some pictures soon and update the GitHub repos with the new code. -
Ordered a new delta 3d printer
04/13/2017 at 20:19 • 0 commentsSo i have a new delta 3d printer on its way.
Got a new plan for the automatic removal mechanism. Can any one say trap door. It will be easier when the build plate dose not have to move durring printing.
I think i will post up some sketches here about the new design. It still uses an incjet printer to push out a pice of paper to use as a disposable build plate with the job details on it.
Hopefully will get some more details flowwing here soon.
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I ordered a new printer.
04/09/2017 at 03:23 • 0 commentsSo a new delta printer is on order. I plan to have a new set of details about how the delat will work with the web based print cueue set up. I am going to be employing a trap door inder the peice of paper to make the web based and fully autonomouse print cueue system a reality. As soon as i have any forward progres i will post another video and comit new source code.
My full vision for the future is to have web based design software along with the the 3d printing capability. I hate that all the curent interventionless 3d print techonolgy is pattented. I want to build my 3d printer auto eject functionaly to use no pattented tech and work in an open source ecosystem. I will post project updates as they beocome available with source and info how to replicate. Stay tuned. It will be about 1 week for the new 3d printer to arrive.