hi i look from point of reality that in manufacturing sector of economy. there are mix of jobs. mix can and will include 3D printing. what to do in this case? go and buy another whole machine? where to put it? all shop has limits of place to put in new machine. buy whole new machine unit that will be used ones in month or so??? ////////////////////////// have ability to use regular 3 axis mill have some negative parts, but it also have 100 times positive parts that will create large market for 3D head that can be used on regular 3 axis CNC mill. /////////////////////// many pattern shop will be needed such head that on CAT 40 CAT 50. ////////////////// why i can not attache roll of plastic filament to tool holder??? I can attache 5 rolls of 8 inch diameter material - plastic filament. A lot room on HAAS V4 and similar size machine. ............................
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Ralph Stirling < ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu> wrote: > It's commonly called a "repstrap" (like RepRap), and people have > been doing it at least as long as regular 3d desktop printers. Building > your filament extruder into a tool holder has somewhat limited usefulness, > since you aren't going to be able to feed the filament through the spindle, > or attach the filament spool to the tool holder. This certainly precludes > using it in a tool changer. If you use a CAT40 tool holder as a convenient > attachment point for an extruder, you need to have spindle orientation > and spindle lock to it can't rotate while you are printing. As Andy > suggested, > most CNC milling machines are much, much slower than you would like > for a printer because of all the mass they have to move . Mori Seiki has a > neat new 3d printing attachment (using powdered metal, not plastic > filament) > for their five axis machining centers, but even they don't try to mount > it in > a tool holder. It attaches to the side of the spindle housing. > > -- Ralph > ________________________________________ > From: andy pugh [bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 4:55 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] next big thing > > On 3 February 2014 00:50, a k <pccncmach...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So, question is why not just manufacture head as a another tool to CNC > mill > > on the CAT 40 or CAT 50 tool holder? > > It ought to work, but the typical 3D printer moves a lot faster than a > milling machine. > > -- > atp > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications > Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. > Read the Whitepaper. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications > Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. > Read the Whitepaper. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
