On 06/16/2013 08:02 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > relocating the filament spool above the printer
The ones I've seen align the spool axis with Y axis, with the filament unrolling from the top toward the center of the printer along the X axis. I think that's a good non-powered approach that shouldn't change the printer's balance too much; rotating the entire spool with a motor might be feasible. > spring-loaded idler arms I must puzzle over the normal filament motion, probably after relocating the spool, to see how much it would thrash switches or wobbulate arms or defocus images. I'd prefer to have the whole problem Go Away in the simplest possible manner... and rearranging the mechanics might just be the ticket. > I like your 'voice'. Long ago, a Circuit Cellar editor told me I had one of the strongest writing voices he'd ever read. It wasn't clear that was a Good Thing, but I'm stuck with it. [grin] -- Ed softsolder.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
