On Tuesday 16 May 2017 09:56:18 Marcus Bowman wrote: > On 16 May 2017, at 14:27, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > And the next logical question from me is: > > > > Has anyone put a printhead on a std moving table milling machine, > > and used it to do some 3d additive printing? I am "out of room" for > > more machines, and that seems like a possible to do project. Doing > > it well would remain to be seen. > > Well I would certainly like to try this. > > > The printhead seems like the lessor of two aspects, as a heated bed > > that big seems to be the bigger problem. > > The bed wouldn't need to be as big as the bed of the mill (at least > initially). > For the size of projects I have in mind, 5x10 inches would be sufficient. Belt covers for the timing belts moving my lathe. Build from the outside puts the flat face on the bed, and the hollow part facing up, I should be able to write that g-code myself.
> Marcus > > > Discussion? > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
