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Cheap Pickups

Some more cheapies from the weekend – although not hugely successful, provided hours of interest. Solidoodle Press Ubiquiti Nanostation HFW5200-IRA camera Solidoodle Press This was a nostalgic purchase, I originally purchased a Solidoodle 2 as my first printer and it was kinda cool to have one of their production models. I purchased it with the intent of buying spare parts and priced accordingly. It didn’t come with a power supply so I soldered a PC PSU to provide the 12v. I have since found that it’s a 24v system, and by using a 20v 4amp laptop charger, I’ve been able great hot end temps and reasonable heated bed temps. Initial tests proved successful and it connected to Repetier Host, homed the axis’s and the heated bed and hot end warmed. I have plenty of spares… Read More »Cheap Pickups

MP3DP v2

After rebuilding the center of my MPCNC, buying another router and converting it to dual axis independent motors, I wanted to test it’s alignment by making the MP3DP v2 – another V1 Engineering project. Some of the core components came from my aging Prusa i2, which had significantly less build volume (20x20x7) There was a small issue with the parts being CNC’d using the new firmware. rounded corners seemed to be randomly hit and miss – I found out that the firmware didn’t cut arc’s very well, so they had to be removed from the g-code Core components removed: stepper motors, hot build plate, and some electronics. The build time on this was longer than expected due to long wait times for cheaper parts and properly cabling the wires. The power supply mounts are custom… Read More »MP3DP v2

3D Printing Updates

I originally started printing parts for a Prusa Mendel Iteration 2 before my Solidoodle 2 had a fatal malfunction. I didn’t print a complete set,  mainly because it started out as a learning experience not a replacement. Currently in the second week of a 6-7 week turn around for the Solidoodle replacement parts to arrive, and I should have all the parts to make  the Mendel in about 2 weeks. Here is some prints that I haven’t published photos of yet: This is a security cam recording while printing “Clumsy Dragon” Cheers