I have the printer. Its really awesome. It's a hell of a lot easier to maintain then a filament printer, and obviously the resolution is a lot better. Just be mindful that the resin really stinks so you have to have a room you wont be in all the time and can air out.
Quick timelapse of a failed print (in that it ended up differently from what i wanted)
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/490/b200171f-ce7c-4710-a5aa-d3ab6094b2c1/2018-10-07 15-36-02_1.webm
So. Sick of the zwobble from my janky ass threaded rods. Time to get lead screws. I have a geeetech i3 pro b. Anyone have any UK suggestions on rods and probably stepper motors? No Doubt the cheapo China ones will have too little torque. I've viewed amazon but don't really know how to differentiate between cheapo and reliable. Without breaking the bank. Let's not be silly
How long do the rods needs to be? You can obtain a few cheap, adequate NEMA17s with lead-screws built in, and if you're careful (and have a punch) you can replace the rod with any length you want without damaging it.
https://puu.sh/BLsOp.jpg
https://puu.sh/BLsJb.jpg
Small lens arrived for the IR camera
4mm f/1.2
Finally i can do like regular wide angle stuff
I have altered the Tarantula. Pray I do not alter it any further.
Now I just gotta figure out where in this firm-ware I can configure the max height of this thing.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/30dd2a4e-1541-49dc-a445-d9757600423e/20181019_181130.jpg
http://puu.sh/BNRS6.jpg
It's a basket with bike mounting!!
Y'know what'd be really nice?
Is if someone sold these:
https://www.amazon.com/Redrex-Integrated-Stepper-Upgrading-Printers/dp/B01DVD87Q6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1540038697&sr=8-3&keywords=nema+17+integrated+lead+screw&dpID=31zjWd8qylL&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
WITHOUT the lead-screw already epoxied into the rotor. That way you can use whatever the hell 8mm screw of whatever length you want without risking fucking up an otherwise perfectly good motor by pounding out the old screw.
http://puu.sh/BOx3R.jpg
Ayy it works.
Old coupler works, oddly enough.
Tarantula is now of the "Goliath" variety.
https://youtu.be/W0JC2XhNCVo
http://puu.sh/BP1og.jpg
Sometimes it feels like I live inside Fusion 360
Blue 3M Painter's tape and Amazon Basics PLA: A better love story than Twilight and Titanic combined (Twitanic?).
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/52857b8a-ed20-4df5-911f-ddbd24eabb27/20181023_063518.jpg
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/871a2d59-715f-4e0c-b5de-d6167be0ea69/20181023_070028.jpg
First print off of the Goliath Tarantula isn't too bad, sans under-extrusion (I REALLY didn't want this thing to clog halfway through a 24~ hour print).
Well, that was a waste of 10-12 hours (and a bunch of plastic).
The Z-rod coupler somehow came loose (the new one I bought, not the plastic one I reused until the purchased ones came in) partway through the print, resulting in this:
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/7d67f257-21dd-4565-b42e-3de31f9bb0fd/20181026_100314[1].jpg
Head outer-encasement is done. Now I just gotta fit the mechanics/electrical bits inside in Fusion 360.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/3ed677a7-2485-4b9a-9e66-26153a48b273/20181027_151129.jpg
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/452932e9-a03d-453f-bf4a-8293db652313/20181027_151127.jpg
Upgraded the printer yet again, this time by replacing the y-carriage roller assembly with some MGN12-H rail. Seems to have made a GREAT improvement in bed-leveling, but I can't be certain if this is because I switched to the linear-rail, or if it's because I had to disassemble/re-assemble the printer again.
http://puu.sh/BUOlN.jpg
glow-in-the-dark filaments are fun
Thought that was a BD product for a split second.
My day is ruined
Toying around with support settings has certainly created... a thing...
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132319/df0c1606-d691-4f46-80e9-5274e3ce7b05/Clipboard01.jpg
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