On Tuesday 16 May 2017 10:06:53 N. Christopher Perry wrote: > Gene, > > Turns out that printing with a heavy machine like a mill presents some > problems, as the inertia is orders of magnitude higher than on 3D > printers. > > 3D printers are designed to have as low an inertia as possible to > simplify the filament control dynamics. With a larger/heavier machine > those control dynamics get pretty complex as I understand it. Plus, > your prints would take an eternity. > > N. Christopher Perry > I hadn't considered the ballistics of a 70 lb table. That may present uncontrollable build height problems in the corners. So I may as well buy a medium sized machine, and figure its operating position will be separate from its between jobs storage location.
> > On May 16, 2017, at 9:27 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > 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. > > > > The printhead seems like the lessor of two aspects, as a heated bed > > that big seems to be the bigger problem. > > > > 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
