On 6/19/2012 10:46 AM, transis...@transistor-man.com wrote:
> Hi o
>
> I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer
>
> Its detailed here:
> transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html
>
> The control boards have their source files and pcbs listed, i;m working
> on pushing the schematics up this week. I ended up doing exactly what
> was suggested earlier in a previous thread, having MCodes call extrusion
> or heating, and that's about it. I didnt end up purchasing / going with
> the reprap/makerbot control boards as i didn't need the complexity.
> Overall it was simple but took many weeks to get up to speed, learn the
> innerworkings of emc2, and get stepgen to work with nontrivial
> kinematics.
>
> As the printer is a SCARA arm, the kinematics and setup make it quite a
> bit more difficult to calibrate, which also took a bit of time to work
> through.
>
> If there are any questions shoot over an email, hopefully the
> documentation will be helpful for those few folks working with
> non-cartesian platforms (scara / kuka)
>
>
> -Dane
> transis...@transistor-man.com
>
>
> -

In my book, you rate an "A" for the work and an "A" for the documentation.

Go to the head of the class :-)

Regards,
Kent


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