Now that I have 3d printer (about 3 weeks now) - I am an expert. - My printer (monoprice select mini) runs at 50mm/s(118in/min) and that is considered on the slow end and very high acceleration. I think speed/acc is going to be your problem...
- I have printed pla with heat on the bed and without. Both seem to work ok. On 5/16/2017 10:21 AM, John Thornton wrote: > You can print without a heated bed and you can just slice a stl file and > remove all the M codes and run it on your mill and watch the velocity, > if it is constant I'd say you can print. > > JT > > > On 5/16/2017 8:27 AM, 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. >> >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
