Lou - N2MIY
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Vince,
It is really impressive : http://www.vcfed.org/forum/album.php?albumid=51&attachmentid=32897 !!!
I was able to do this myself without my son's help tonight. We are still getting the hang of this machine. The major snag last night was that the horizontal axes would only move 4". Evidently we had never printed anything longer than 4" in a horizontal dimension before. The controller needed the g-codes sent to store the full extents of the horizontal axis positioners (6"). Now I just have to get it off the bed without breaking it!
I watched it as it printed, and it is somewhat hollow inside. There are hollow square-wall honeycomb cells inside. I need to figure out how/if to print a solid piece.
The uses are limitless. Maybe I can print replacement key plungers for the dec keyboards!
Lou
PS. I realize now that I should not have rotated it onto its back to print it. The way the model loaded originally would have put the layers in the strongest orientation. We'll do another as you originally had it.
It is really impressive : http://www.vcfed.org/forum/album.php?albumid=51&attachmentid=32897 !!!
I was able to do this myself without my son's help tonight. We are still getting the hang of this machine. The major snag last night was that the horizontal axes would only move 4". Evidently we had never printed anything longer than 4" in a horizontal dimension before. The controller needed the g-codes sent to store the full extents of the horizontal axis positioners (6"). Now I just have to get it off the bed without breaking it!
I watched it as it printed, and it is somewhat hollow inside. There are hollow square-wall honeycomb cells inside. I need to figure out how/if to print a solid piece.
The uses are limitless. Maybe I can print replacement key plungers for the dec keyboards!
Lou
PS. I realize now that I should not have rotated it onto its back to print it. The way the model loaded originally would have put the layers in the strongest orientation. We'll do another as you originally had it.
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