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Maker, snow connoisseur, beer enthusiast, he/him

Boston, MA
Joined March 2016
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Unsurprisingly, @FullControlXYZ gcode generation works exactly as expected 🪄
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It's alive!
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new metal gantry 1500mm/s, 20k accel
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being able to rely on @PrusaSlicer to make intelligent/predictable bridging decisions makes designing for FDM so much easier
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1m/s, 20v decoy
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The main-board wiring is finished! All of the steppers and accessories are functional. It's technically capable of printing right now but the top still needs some consideration.
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With the proper belt/tensioner we should have 150mm of travel with an MGN9H block (40mm wide) in a 220mm wide footprint
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It started with an experiment in October 2022. Your classic 'I must implement that idea from ERRF this week' scenario.
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🎉RepRap achieved🎉 From this point forward this machine will be printing its own parts, its siblings, and likely anything else I make. It's fun to watch and I *think* it just took the top spot for FDM quality in my office. More parts coming soon to the repo!
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Progress on the first pass of the top half of the machine
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With some repositioning of the CAN toolboards we should have complete -180:180 degree freedom about B. For now 115 degrees was a safe limit.
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65mm z travel, >50mm radius hemisphere (5-axis)
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I watched it happen and I'm still not sure I believe it
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With some repositioning of the CAN toolboards we should have complete -180:180 degree freedom about B. For now 115 degrees was a safe limit.
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🎉RepRap achieved🎉 From this point forward this machine will be printing its own parts, its siblings, and likely anything else I make. It's fun to watch and I *think* it just took the top spot for FDM quality in my office. More parts coming soon to the repo!
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fully automated homing from an arbitrary starting position, 5x speed #open5x
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Day 2 of @rmrrf and we have some @Fillamentum Copper with Me PETG #3DPrinting on the #Open5x Voron at the @Duet3D booth. Come check it out! Can't be here? Print your own:
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*With the proper belt/tensioner* we have 158mm! Theoretically, sub micron resolution with (at least) 40mm/s movement.
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Z is all wired up and everything moves!!!
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Time to charge the @GoPro !
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It immediately worked so we adapted the experiment to an easily transferable configuration and validated longer, faster travel moves
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I wrote a quick script to swap A -> B axis in gcode files, allowing us to print files generated by @FullControlXYZ with no manual edits. This is gonna be fun! #Open5x #ToolChanger
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We are in the lab! What an inspirational day! I'll try to doc and share as many machines as I can tomorrow. tl;dr it's time to make MORE machines
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Not bad for a few hours of printing and a few hours of assembling. The instructions are now in the bin and it's time for fun 😈
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not necessary, not impossible
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Looking forward to taking the PINECIL Version 2 to the next level!!!
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We have motion! This @E3DOnline #ToolChanger is incredible; what an amazing piece of hardware! If I hadn't had to wait for the loctite to cure, we may have been #3DPrinting last night! #Beta30 #MotionSystem
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Instead of a 'build plate' we will be printing directly onto pucks made from the same material being extruded. In theory this should sufficiently replace a heated bed(?). 0 bottom solid layers, 3mm thick; their top face is positioned at z=0.
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I've been waiting YEARS for this moment! PETG > PLA
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Galaxy Blue Glitter ASA from @Polymaker_3D
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now with micro-stepping control, sleep, enable, reset and 4 exposed GPIO (in addition to power/ground)
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fully open source
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more parts; new renders Klipper!
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with this change every pulley and idler on the entire machine will be double-sheared with single-parts
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gcode can now be transferred between machines with no manual adjustments
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180x180mm travel as pictured, 300x300mm plate
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less compression:
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Accessorized! Thanks to generous support from @E3DOnline , all of the nozzles in this picture come too! A few standard nozzles, a few high flow, and an extra HIGH FLOW OBXIDIAN NOZZLE (you don't need a backup, you'll just want more)
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Wizard's Voodoo PETG from @Fillamentum 🤩🤩🤩 Sliced with #PrusaSlicer 2.6.0a3 0.15mm layers through an @E3DOnline #E3DHemera Volcano #NozzleX 13 steppers synchronized with 2 @Duet3D Main Boards and 3 CAN Tool Boards As always @Raspberry_Pi , #ShotOnRaspberryPi 😮
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STEP file import in #PrusaSlicer reduces so much overhead. The same, single file, can be shared for printing or functional modification of entire assemblies in CAD software. #Open5x #soon
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One more iteration to reduce weight and increase some clearances. Honestly, I'll take any excuse to keep running this PRILINE 'Superhard' CF-PC 🤩
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A massive THANK YOU to @LDOMOTORSJASON for the custom steppers he provided to help fuel #Open5x . These 0.9 degree, 26.5mm NEMA17 steppers have double the resolution, 10% more power, 10% less length, & HALF THE MASS of what was demonstrated at @rmrrf . I can't wait to try them out!
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It might be the BARE MINIMUM size that fits a Voron 0, TBD if it's safe
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I just realized I've never shared any complete pictures of this @3dfused machine, specifically the back, since @Sacr3D_Etching cut this awesome panel. I'll make sure to clean off the fingerprints before it gets let out of the house this year 😉
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more parts; new renders Klipper!
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Fully assembled and ready for the art installation!
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