Hi Alex Do you mind saying what you are printing, and if you feel the printing is a worthwhile exercise? I've been looking at different printers for months, but they only seem to be able to produce junk. Cnc'ing it out of a block of plastic looks far more effective.
Regards Roland On 29 May 2012 18:22, Alex Hunt <al...@ieee.org> wrote: > Hi Jeshua, > > I mounted a "Wade" type extruder to my gantry router and have been 3D > printing with LinuxCNC for about 6 months now. The extruder thermal > control is managed by RepRap firmware on an Arduino. I have to manually > set the temperature of the extruder before printing, but it works. I have > a Mesa 5i20 card for control with 2M542 motor drivers, but the extruder > driver is a simple single chip stepper driver. > > My intent was to close the thermal loop with a thermocouple to PWM circuit, > but I'm not there yet. Sending serial port commands from LinuxCNC would > automate my current setup better, so please let me know if you make any > progress on that. > > When you get your hardware ready to go, I might be able to help you smooth > over some of the speed-bumps getting started. > > Regards, > Alex Hunt > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Jeshua Lacock <jes...@3dtopo.com> wrote: > > > > > Greetings all, > > > > I have been dreaming of making a removable plastic extruder nozzle for my > > machine. It would turn it into a *huge* 3D printer. > > > > So I read this page with great interest: > > > > http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5233 > > > > Is it possible to make those changes to LinuxCNC? In other words, can > > LinuxCNC currently command a serial port using those additional M words? > > > > If not, I would be willing to write some code and commit it. Some advice > > to help me get started would be extremely helpful as I have never looked > at > > the branch. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeshua Lacock > > Founder/Engineer > > 3DTOPO Incorporated > > <http://3DTOPO.com> > > Phone: 208.462.4171 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
