When E3D announced their new Titan 3D printer extruder with 3:1 gearing, I was immediately curious as to how small a motor I could get away with using.
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RUMBA+ vs RAMPS: A Thermal Analysis
I recently got my hands on a FLIR One thermal camera, and I’d been dying for the opportunity to put it to use. I also recently received the first batch of RUMBA+ boards for testing, and I realised this was the perfect opportunity to test both.
Continue readingVR GCode Viewer
3D Printing and Virtual Reality are two of my favourite emerging technologies. Recently I had some fun combining them!
Continue reading3D Printer Error Detection (Part 2)
I’ve been working on an encoder-driven system for error correction for a few months now. I posted a video last month, and after a much-appreciated post by Hackaday there was quite a bit of interest – so this is a follow-up post about the project.
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I’ve been playing around with magnetic encoders a lot lately in the hopes of getting some sort of error-detection system up and running. I think I’ve finally made some headway on it.
Continue readingProgramming the Aus3D Z-Probe (Part 2)
In Part 1 I talked about the programming arrangement that I used for the first batch of Z probe boards. After flashing that batch of boards, I got to work on a slightly more automated solution.
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One of the more interesting components in the Mark2 3D Printer is the Z probe, an IR probe that precisely measures the height of the bed for automatic bed-levelling.
This is the first product that I’ve needed to program and test, and I’ve had some fun along the way trying to make the process faster.
Continue readingAus3D MK2 Printer Development (Part 7)
The mains input sockets for the Mark2 printers arrived today – I had some fun wiring them up, and I think they’re going to be included in the printers going forwards.
Continue readingAus3D MK2 Printer Development (Part 6)
I’m almost at the point where I need to lock the design down and start kitting things for the December launch – a pretty daunting prospect, I must say. Before I finalise things, there’s one last idea for an improvement that I’ve been thinking about for a while – and
Continue readingTinyFan RAMPS Fan Extender
I previously discussed my intention to develop an expansion board to add a few extra controllable fans to RAMPS. I finally arrived at a solution I’m happy with – TinyFan.
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