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2 months

📙 CRITICAL DOC UPDATE 📙 Wiring of WT-01, Vat, and corresponding 3D prints have been updated. This update significantly reduces EMI generated by entire system. Modifying your build is strongly recommended. Please complete update found here:

WT-01 | Opensource Wire EDM Tool by Rack Robotics Official | Download free STL model | Printables...

Cut any conductive material on any desktop 3D printer with this easy-to-use wire EDM conversion tool! | Download free 3D printable STL models

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

3 months

4-axis wire EDM belongs on the desktop of every high school tinkerer, hardware developer, and roboticist. This lost technology used to be out of reach, until now ⚡

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9 months

Very soon, wire EDM will be a desktop process used all over the world.

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4 months

Ever wanted to machine your own custom brushless motors and gear boxes? Desktop wire EDM is going unlock so many possibilities on the tech tree.

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3 months

Manufacturing cable harnesses for the Powercore V2⚡️ We are producing Molex micro-fit 3.0 cables at a rate of 64 cables per minute.

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2 months

they don’t want you to know this, but you don’t need to use an encoder with brushed DC motors You can take readings of the AC noise for free. I have 20,000 counts at home

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4 months

Closeup of the 3/4" aluminum test cut

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6 months

Quick test of the upcoming wire EDM conversion for your #3dprinter ! Very exciting times for Makers everywhere! This cut was performed with the soon-to-be-released #Powercore V2. Material: 3mm aluminum

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4 months

The first gear made on our 4-axis wire EDM machine! 30 teeth at a 0.5 metric module with a 14.5 degree angle. Precision and achievable complexity will only increase as we improve our craft.

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4 months

Sneak peak at cutting 3/4” (19 mm) 6061 aluminum, on a 3D printed wire EDM machine, using the Powercore V2 EDM power supply

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3 months

Wire EDM starter kits are beginning to pile up on the shop floor ⚡️

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4 months

This is the only wire EDM machine in the world a technician can control over Wi-Fi, on an iPad

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3 months

Powercore update 😀

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1 month

Youtubers who would like to try out desktop EDM, reach out to us! We're looking forward to working with the great content creators in the #3dprinting space. BTW, our work is #opensource .

Cooper

@CooperZurad

2 months

Hey @madewithlayers would you be interested in checking out desktop EDM? Sent you an email.

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5 months

There are enough electrical components in our office to significantly increase the number #wireEDM machines made in the United States this year! We expect to be the #1 domestic manufacturer of wire EDM power supplies by volume in Q2 2024

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Real time video of 3mm aluminum being cut on our WEDM Ender 3 #3dprinter . Feed rate 10mm/min. Max feed rate would double this with coaxial flushing to the wire.

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17 days

Here's something we made today. Just a simple 15mm test square in 3mm thick aluminum.

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22 days

Are you a European or Canadian 3D printing or CNC distributor? Want to help move the DIY fabrication world forward to new heights while also combining high voltage⚡️ and water? Contact us to discuss options for opensource EDM distribution. This is an open call!

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2 months

cutaway drawings with callouts hit different

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3 months

Makers & engineers spend more time waiting for parts, than inventing the future. We can help change that with massively scalable low-force manufacturing processes. We made this custom aluminum heatsink in an hour, not six weeks.

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2 months

About to hit the weight limit for this $100 Harbor Freght workbench 💪

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1 year

a community members uploaded their desktop EDM machine build 🎉 #opensource EDM is in the wild

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4 months

Can someone help me fix my hotend???

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@RackRobotics

6 months

Quick test from last night cutting 3mm steel. Rust from being left in the dielectric overnight.

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7 months

Wow! Great looking build in progress by Alex from the Rack Robotics Discord. ⚡️ Can't wait to see this DIY wire EDM setup cut ⚡️

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

3 months

PRODUCTION UPDATE After several delays, all of our production inputs are finally here! We're working hard to assemble, QC, and pack all of our current pre-orders! Shipping expected to start late next week. Here's Cooper with the post-machined and powder coated extrusions:

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@RackRobotics

2 months

Looks like people are having some success with our docs! Already letting us know about a few changes that are required too. The power of #opensource ! EDM Vat files are available on our @printablescom now. We will continue to update docs and files as concerns arise.

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4 months

@adrianbowyer got the ball rolling on self-replicating machine tools in 2006. 20 Years later, it will be possible for a desktop robot to fabricate it’s own motors, nozzles, gears, cams, and shafts with wire EDM ⚡️

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2 months

Production, research, and development shall continue until global market share of wire EDM improves 🇺🇸🚀

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9 months

A discord member community posted their Ender Neo EDM machine ⚡️ ✔️bonus points have been granted for the touch screen interface Video credit to Discord member ohAitch.

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@RackRobotics

1 year

blown away by the progress on Powercore #wireEDM from the #opensource community precision metal fabrication is coming to the desktop sooner than anyone expected

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@RackRobotics

6 months

The team tried wire EDM cutting a 3D printer nozzle. We need to make some adjustments tomorrow, but it works 😮

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1 month

Closed loop WEDM Klipper has been achieved internally

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6 months

soon™️

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8 months

A gigantic THANK YOU 🙏 to everyone who believed in us this year and gave us the opportunity to bring EDM to the desktop! Looking forward to a fantastic new year with some really cool releases 🤠 Happy New Year 🎊

Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

1 year

#opensource electrical discharge power supplies are shipping out sooner than you think 😎LFG

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1 month

You take the blue pill - the story ends, you invest in an AI powered waste disposal company and hope you make some small profit. You take the red pill - you invest in Rack Robotics and we show you how far reindustrialization goes.

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@RackRobotics

3 months

If you got an email with a tracking number today, there's probably a reason for that 👀

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@RackRobotics

2 months

People were trying to make #opensource EDM as far back as 2013. Image by MattMoses on the RepRap forum.

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@RackRobotics

3 months

"a plug-and-play EDM setup seems always just out of reach. Or perhaps not, if this 3D printed 4-axis wire EDM machine catches on." - @hackaday

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@RackRobotics

4 months

⚠️72 Hour injection mold fabrication on demand @RackRobotics has already developed a cellular wire EDM machine, controlled remotely, for massive parallel fabrication! We are the only company on Earth, with the capacity to massively scale wire EDM.

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4 months

APIs for Manufacturing.

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1 year

the EDM party shall continue until all aluminum on Earth has been vaporized

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20 days

We keep seeing more and more desktop EDM in the wild! SO COOL!

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22 days

Hey @RackRobotics look what I found!!

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1 year

😲 someone has Frankenstein'd a Powercore into their own #wireEDM machine. It is amazing...

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6 months

Remember the 1300C hotend made by Michael from Rotoforge? Well, he made a video showing how he used affordable, #opensource EDM to make it! Video below 👇

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6 months

Hard Tech W moment

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5 months

1 year ago today our Kickstarter campaign for the #Powercore , the world's most affordable and open EDM PSU, concluded! Thank you to everyone who believed in us (and didn't think April 1st was a joke) and has supported our mission to bring affordable, open EDM to the masses!

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4 months

Our favorite video frame of the day - 100 PSI water forcing out residual air from a 3D printed wire EDM machine's dielectric filtration system.

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@RackRobotics

1 year

our team has stripped and crimped 1,500 cables in the past 48 hours for the Powercore #opensource EDM power supply

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1 year

blasting through at 170 mm/minute on The_Digital_1's Powercore + wire EDM

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2 months

Got a bunch of Powercore V2s and WEDM starter kits out the door today! Expecting the rest of batch 1 to be all shipped by late next week! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting us and desktop EDM ⚡🙏 #reprap #3dprinting #opensource

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1 year

Sending out a pre-production unit today 😀 This is a big W for #opensource electrical discharge machining ⚡

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@RackRobotics

1 year

"Yeah, that is my desktop EDM machine" 🤣

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3 months

Everything for the Powercore V2 is either in house or on the way! Small delays so far, but everything is coming together. Expect a production update tomorrow.

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Rack Robotics

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3 months

I 3D printed a 4-axis wire EDM machine that can cut anything conduc...

🔴 Pre-orders for the Betta Wire kit ⚡: https://rackrobo.io/products/BWV1🔴 Powercore V2 order link ⚡: https://rackrobo.io/products/PCV2🎮 Come hang out on D...

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1 year

the most important feature of @printablescom

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2 months

So great to see units out in the wild! 🙏 Docs and remaining files going up today!

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2 months

I can hardly contain my excitement, it’s finally here! @RackRobotics

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5 months

We've got some really cool stuff to show off at @rmrrf ! Hope to see everyone there! April 20th, with FREE general admission. Save the date!

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@Chemist_John_

5 months

Day 1 of 3D printing a desktop wire EDM machine

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1 year

Want to get a peek at our new facility? Check it out here! More videos coming soon👍

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@RackRobotics

1 year

#opensource electrical discharge power supplies are shipping out sooner than you think 😎LFG

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7 months

Amazing work by Michael of the Rotoforge project! Bringing metal 3D printing to desktop with the Powercore! Automotive glow plug to be used as a hot end for metal AM.

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3 months

Production is proceeding quickly!

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1 year

Listening to ‘Powers of the Earth” audiobook by Travis Corcoran while on our way to Colorado. Can’t wait to see our new shop, office, & CNC

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4 months

PRODUCTION UPDATE: If you missed it from our Discord chat, here it is again. It has come to our attention that our extrusion die provider lost/forgot our order until only recently. Looking forward, this will push our delivery date for the Powercore V2s from April to mid-May of

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3 months

MY FAVORITE SUBASSEMBLY OF THE POWERCORE IS THE MOTHERBOARD. “Sir, this is a Wendy’s”

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@RackRobotics

3 months

The comments on @CNC_Kitchen latest video are incredible. Our team had a blast reading through them 🚀

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

2 years

@MakeAugusta Meanwhile, your grandfather is warming up his gas powered soldering iron to rig up this 50 position 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁

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4 months

⚡️vaporization of metal, in progress

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3 months

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2 months

Our CEO Nickolas Reed is at Reindustrialize, with a very special pair of shoes…

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3 months

John has been working hard to get all of the cables prepared and QC'd. That's a lot of copper! These twisted cables will safely transmit throughout your EDM system while also minimizing EMI.

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3 months

@pronounced_kyle Missed one ⚡️ Rack Robotics is building wire EDM machines that scale to tens-of-thousand of units per year, enabling every shop, factory, and laboratory in America to have access to EDM

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@RackRobotics

10 months

Another amazing #diy wire EDM cut by The_Digital_1! We're amazed at the cool stuff people are making with their Powercores! Material: 9mm thick aluminum alloy.

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@RackRobotics

5 months

That's a lot of threaded inserts! Excited to be using inserts by @CNC_Kitchen for our Wire EDM conversion kit. Lead and Cadmium free! Now all you'll have to look out for is high voltage ⚡️

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@RackRobotics

9 months

Who else is going to @rmrrf ?? Rack Robotics is proud to be a Gold Level sponsor to the event! We'll see you in beautiful Loveland Colorado April 20th and 21st! Mark your calendars now!

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1 year

new EDM motherboards looking good time for testing

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@RackRobotics

1 year

Every time we log into X we get notifications from happy customers receiving their units. Hardware is much more difficult than software, but the payoff is worth it.

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

2 months

Lots of Powercore V2s getting ready to go out the door! Thank you to all those who pre-ordered for your patience! We definitely have some stories to share once we have shipped all your units.

Cooper

@CooperZurad

2 months

Expecting these to be in the mail tomorrow First few orders of the @RackRobotics Powercore V2 and Starter Kit for the WT-01

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1 year

more DIY EDM builds are flooding in

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@RackRobotics

3 months

@minjus_printus Sure thing

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@RackRobotics

5 months

Sneak peek of our new packaging for the #powercore V2! Looks like a few fans there too 👀

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@RackRobotics

1 year

#3dprinted parts for Powercore V1 are live on @printablescom . Customers can modify, improve, and repair the world's first commercial #opensource EDM power supply

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

1 year

Powercore EDM power supplies are shipping! 🎉 Thank you for supporting us everyone. We were shocked by the wave of support from our #kickstarter . We are going to revolutionize EDM with #opensource

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We love our customers.

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1 year

We just moved our new CNC machine into the shop and can't wait to put it to good use! #3dprinting #machining #machine

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1 year

We did (not) flee to Mexico with the #Kickstarter money 💵 🏃‍♂️

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

2 months

💌 SHIPPING UPDATE 💌 We have shipped out the last of the Powercore V2 pre-orders for Batch 1! If you're waiting on your unit and ordered before June 14th, it should be on its way. Big thanks to all those who have supported our mission. DIY EDM is going to change the world!

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@RackRobotics

2 months

@MissingnoWild We've noticed weird desaturations from John's phone camera on media posted. We assure you he is not locked in his Dev Cage.

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

3 months

Finally, here are some of the wire spools we've been preparing. This form factor should be easy to use with your Wire Tool and Powercore! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered Powercores! We expect to start shipping orders late next week!

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@RackRobotics

4 months

@servomechanica captured the our 4-axis wire EDM ⚡️in all its glory during during @rmrrf

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

2 months

💌SHIPPING UPDATE💌 All orders placed after 6/13/2024 will be shipped in BATCH 2. Updates on expected delivery to come. Thanks to everyone who ordered as part of batch 1! Docs and the remaining files are going live soon. Keep watch here and on our site for updates!

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Rack Robotics

@RackRobotics

1 year

unbothered. focused. happy. relaxed. in his lane.