tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post3868520303576314236..comments2023-10-14T04:05:08.546-07:00Comments on Diary of a Technocratic Anarchist: A note to my old friend, Hitech.Forrest Higgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-42926130293435080762010-01-05T14:36:23.539-08:002010-01-05T14:36:23.539-08:00Hitech:
"I've been googling this and ran...Hitech:<br /><br />"I've been googling this and ran across this article."<br /><br />Yeah, I wrote that one some time ago.<br /><br />"How would you calibrate such a thing?"<br /><br />I't implicit in the design. I put mine together and then printed a few standard shapes, then used calipers to confirm the accuracy.Forrest Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-83118921332157537972010-01-05T10:26:27.901-08:002010-01-05T10:26:27.901-08:00I've been googling this and ran across this ar...I've been googling this and ran across this article.<br />http://www.3dreplicators.com/cgi-bin/cblog/index.php?/archives/499-After-Darwin-Should-Mendel-be-a-specific-3D-printer-or-a-technology-toolbox.html<br /><br />It was interesting reading IMHOHitechludditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096340410324093449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-52711808683584236922010-01-05T10:24:14.688-08:002010-01-05T10:24:14.688-08:00I would guess it can do only solid objects. So if ...I would guess it can do only solid objects. So if you can drive it by a file on a SD card it is a straight hardware device meaning all the Electromechanical conversion is firmware.<br />How would you calibrate such a thing?Hitechludditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096340410324093449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-42509605199255857092010-01-04T14:15:01.166-08:002010-01-04T14:15:01.166-08:00Hitech: The printer uses standard 3 mm plastic we...Hitech: The printer uses standard 3 mm plastic welding rod that can be bought from a number of manufacturers. The filament is pumped into a heated chamber and extruded out of a narrow orifice (0.3-0.5 mm diameter). Think of a cake decorator. <br /><br />The standard Darwin printer is multiplatform. The British Rapman that I use is stand alone and prints designs written onto SD cards by a PC.Forrest Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-8086463253285736932010-01-04T12:58:42.655-08:002010-01-04T12:58:42.655-08:00It is something neat to consider that's for su...It is something neat to consider that's for sure! I am completely out of the loop on these, I assume they spray resin with piezoelectric transduces instead of ink.<br /><br />What software drives these? I would guess this would be a hotbed for linux...Hitechludditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096340410324093449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-34553197814833953682010-01-03T11:33:38.901-08:002010-01-03T11:33:38.901-08:00Forrest, thanks for helping me get into the game! ...Forrest, thanks for helping me get into the game! I remember the first time I left my printer running overnight. It was a thrill to see a Darwin X motor bracket appear out of thin air... or so it seemed. I felt free! <br /><br />If anyone is toying with the idea of getting into this game... just do it! People like Forrest have years of <a href="http://www.3dreplicators.com/cgi-bin/cblog/index.php?/categories/7-Tommelise" rel="nofollow">blogs</a> and <a href="http://forums.reprap.org/" rel="nofollow">forums</a> and <a href="http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/RepRap_Version_II_Mendel" rel="nofollow">wikis</a> and late night <a href="http://blog.reprap.org/2009/01/matt-chan-has-kindly-set-up-logging.html" rel="nofollow">IRC</a> sessions to get you going.<br /><br />As for the price, I think I spent $600 on <a href="http://blog.onshoulders.org/index.php?blogID=RepStrap&e=" rel="nofollow">my Darwin</a>, from start to finish, tools and all. All I had were some hex keys and a soldering iron before I started. :) If you're smart you can make a Mendel for a lot less than that.gavilanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701338431194287203noreply@blogger.com