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Attempt to give some structure to the mountain of information out there on the RepRap 3D printer.

RepRap WIKI. RepRap is humanity's first general-purpose self-replicating manufacturing machine. RepRap takes the form of a free desktop 3D printer capable of printing plastic objects. Since many parts of RepRap are made from plastic and RepRap prints those parts, RepRap self-replicates by making a kit of itself - a kit that anyone can assemble given time and materials. It also means that - if you've got a RepRap - you can print lots of useful stuff, and you can print another RepRap for a friend... RepRap is about making self-replicating machines, and making them freely available for the benefit of everyone. We are using 3D printing to do this, but if you have other technologies that can copy themselves and that can be made freely available to all, then this is the place for you too.

Reprap.org is a community project, which means you are welcome to edit most pages on this site, or better yet, create new pages of your own. RepRap was voted the most significant 3D-printed object in 2017. Configuring Skeinforge: Some Basic Terms… | Dave Durant's Blog. I’ve gotten a bunch of questions lately about configuring Skeinforge, the program MakerBot people (and others!)

Use to take a 3D model and turn it into a gcode file. I’m sure there are others around who are a lot more up on how Skeinforge works than I am but, unlike me, they have the good sense to keep quiet about it. I confess to not really knowing where to start but I guess some terms & definitions are probably as good a place as any. I’m going to err on the side of defining most everything I can think of here – you likely know a lot of these already.. The goal is to define enough things that you can take just the stuff below and at least get a decent idea of what most of the common settings mean in Skeinforge. Flow Rate: This is how fast the extruder is taking in a given length of filament. Feed Rate: This is how fast the build platform is moving, in milimeters per second. Thickness: Any time you see the word “thickness” think “height” instead. That’s not exactly 100% true. Like this: Munications.com LLC. Arduino Mega Pololu Shield. Release status: Working RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield, or RAMPS for short.

It is designed to fit the entire electronics needed for a RepRap in one small package for low cost. RAMPS interfaces an Arduino Mega with the powerful Arduino MEGA platform and has plenty room for expansion. The modular design includes plug in stepper drivers and extruder control electronics on an Arduino MEGA shield for easy service, part replacement, upgrade-ability and expansion. Additionally, a number of Arduino expansion boards can be added to the system as long as the main RAMPS board is kept to the top of the stack.

Introduction Version 1.4 uses surface mount capacitors and resistors to further cover edge issue cases. This board is mostly based on Adrian's Pololu_Electronics and work by Tonok. Mendel printed RAMPS wired to Mendel. Screen capture of 2-sided RAMPS layout commercially fabbed 2-sided RAMPS wired to Mendel Features It has provisions for the cartesian robot and extruder. Safety Tip Support. Sanguinololu. Sanguinololu Release status: working Introduction Sanguinololu is a low-cost all-in-one electronics solution for Reprap and other CNC devices. It features an onboard Sanguino clone using the ATMEGA644P though a ATMEGA1284 is easily dropped in. Its four axes are powered by Pololu pin compatible stepper drivers. The board features a developer friendly expansion port supporting I2C, SPI, UART, as well as a few ADC pins.

The board is designed to be flexible in the user's power source availability, allowing for an ATX power supply to power the board, or the user can choose to install the voltage regulator kit for use with any power supply 7V-30V. Latest Updates Latest revision: Version 1.3a - Updated July 21, 2011 Version 1.3a has no software changes - the pin assignments remain the same and your 1.2+ compatible firmware should work here fine.

Latest posts in the Forum Features Small design - board is 100mm x 50mm (4" x 2") - barely an inch longer than a business card! -- Logic supplied by USB bus. A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier. Overview This product is a carrier board or breakout board for Allegro’s A4988 DMOS Microstepping Driver with Translator and Overcurrent Protection; we therefore recommend careful reading of the A4988 datasheet (1MB pdf) before using this product. This stepper motor driver lets you control one bipolar stepper motor at up to 2 A output current per coil (see the Power Dissipation Considerations section below for more information). Here are some of the driver’s key features: This product ships with all surface-mount components—including the A4988 driver IC—installed as shown in the product picture.

This product ships individually packaged with 0.1″ male header pins included but not soldered in; we also carry a version with male header pins already soldered in. Note that we carry several stepper motor drivers that can be used as alternatives for this module (and drop-in replacements in many applications): Included hardware Using the driver Power connections Motor connections Control inputs. StepStick. Please note: StepStick has 0.2 ohm sense resistors instead of Pololu stepper driver boards 0.05 ohm. This limits the current to 1A. See Notes on building for more info. StepStick Release status: experimental With the recent outage of Pololu stepper driver boards, I've been wanting to build my own, and break my dependency (no offense, I <3 you Pololu!). This is an Allegro A4983 / A4988 x4 breakout board for Sanguinololu.

Now this is not for the iron wielding solderer. That being said, I believe this is an easy to solder board using a toaster oven or hotplate reflow method. But if you're not up to the task, stay tuned and keep an eye on this place for a published list of places where you can get this pre-assembled. The Pololu A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier is produced on a 2oz copper PCB board. Another consideration is the problem of using x16 microstepping in a low-current application. Adjusting and testing the current Stepsticka4984 Design.

Kysan Electronics Product Detail Page. RAMPS Pre-Assembled Kit | UltiMachine. This is RAMPS pre-assembled where you will receive all electronic components securely soldered to the PCB, ready for use & your choice of endstop wires. We also include loose a 4-pin pluggable terminal block, a 24 pin header & a loose 2nd Diode. We do not solder this diode in case you use a power supply larger than 12V. RAMPS - RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield board. This is version 1.4 of our shield, designed to drive a RepRap from an Arduino Mega. It uses Pololu Stepper Drivers delivering up to 1/16 microstepping. Additional information and sources at RepRap.org/wiki/RAMPS. RAMPS provisions: Mechanical Switch Wiring (Default option)***Mechanical switches not included*** Optical Switch Wiring***Optical switches not included*** Here are some items needed to complete your 3D printer electronics, but not included with this pre-assembled board: Recommended optional add ons: Needed to complete your 3D Printer:

RAMPS DIY Kit | UltiMachine. This is the do it yourself kit and includes all electronic components, wiring & the PCB needed to assemble RAMPS yourself. The PCB is available completely DIY, or with SMT components pre-soldered. RAMPS - RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield board. This is version 1.4 of our shield, designed to drive a RepRap from an Arduino Mega. It uses Pololu Stepper Drivers delivering up to 1/16 microstepping. Four drivers are needed to move most 3D printers, with 3 going to the axis & one driving the extruder. An optional fifth stepper driver socket has been provided for additional applications. Assembly will include both through-hole & surface-mount (SMT) electronic components. Includes your choice of endstop wires. RAMPS provisions: The components you will receive in this DIY kit: ***These components available pre-soldered to PCB*** Mechanical Switch Wiring (Default option)***Mechanical switches not included*** Optical Switch Wiring***Optical switches not included*** Recommended optional add ons:

Skeinforge - DEMOZENDIUM. From DEMOZENDIUM Skeinforge is a tool chain composed of Python scripts that converts your 3D model into G-Code instructions for RepRap. Updating Skeinforge manual Skeinforge Manual Update advice from Enrique for updating pages and setting up a new structure. Tutorials Allan Ecker aka The Masked Retriever BotHacker Keep it Cool! C Blair 3D Model to G-Code File for Rapman Cliff Biffle, Nick Ames & Rick Pollack Compendium of calibration information: How to Calibrate and Tune Skeinforge for your MakerBot Daniel K. Skeinforge for RapMan Dave Durant Keith Fixing CupCake Build Problems Marius Kintel Explanation of setting the important Skeinforge parameters, extrusion width and layer thickness: reprap.org - Skeinforge Width Thickness Tutorial Nick Ames Skeinforge Tutorial: wiki.makerbot.com - Configuring Skeinforge Rapmanist How to Generate Gcode with Skeinforge video.

Tony Thanks With thanks to all the above and Enrique who has a Blog for discussion of all things related to Skeinforge: Fabmetheus Blog What Overview. Prusa Mendel. Prusa i3 Release status: working Specifications Main improvements The following is a list of the main improvements made upon the Prusa Mendel Iteration 2 Enhanced frame rigidity (prevents x-axis backlash) Easy assembly Parametric files for multiple sizes/bearings or bushings Development The development of the Prusa Mendel is hosted on github: History Prusa i2 (November 2011) On 11-11-11, the Prusa i2 is announced on the reprap blog. Prusa i3 (May 2012) The first commit to the Prusa3 GitHub repository. "Final refactoring complete" (September 3 2012) Josef Prusa: "Final refactoring complete.

" There were many commits the following months, evidencing the continuous development process. The rate of commits dropped rapidly after August 2013. However, that is not the end of the Prusa i3 development. Original development moved to Vanilla (January 2014) Prusa moved the original development to "vanilla repository" on Github in January of 2014. Variants Printed Parts Frame type. Clonedel -- A Prusa Mendel Inspired RepStrap by open3dp. The Clonedel RepStrap was inspired by the Prusa Mendel (see the related article). open3dp.me.washington.edu/2011/02/prusa-mendel-and-the-clonedels/ It came about due to necessity of students wanting to build RepRap style machines faster than we could 3D print them.

It took about a week outside of class to redesign Prusa parts for mold production. Most of the parts required only minor modifications, but several parts, such as the X-Carriage assembly, required redesign. All modified parts were placed on mold pattern plates to allow for the production of silicone RTV molds. All of the STL files are now posted here and on GitHub as an Open3DP fork off of the Prusa tree. github.com/open3dp/PrusaMendel/downloads They are to be considered Alpha release (and we are already working on some changes). These mold plates represent the current best practice as provided by reprap project, prusa mendel, jnfisher, whosawhatis, rustyspoon1121, etc. {P.S. Clonedel files are up! Reprap Prusa Mendel Kit - SAE. Place bid Review and confirm your bid Bid confirmation d h m s day hour hours FREE shipping See item description (Approximately ##1##) (Enter ##1## or more) (Enter more than ##1##) Your max bid: Increase max bid Confirm bid Cancel Change bid Close , you've been outbid.

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Please enter your bid again. Please enter a valid number as the bid price. Enter an amount that is equal or greater than the minimum bid required. Maximum bids can't be lowered once they're submitted. Your bid is greater than or equal to the Buy It Now price. Elderfarrer2hy7. RepRap Prusa SAE 3D Printer Kit Vitamins Hardware &More on eBay! Skeinforge. This page is a development stub. Please enhance this page by adding information, cad files, nice big images, and well structured data! Skeinforge Release status: experimental Skeinforge is a tool chain composed of Python scripts that converts your 3D model into G-Code instructions for RepRap.

Skeinforge is described [here]. Skeinforge is written in the programming language Python. Python skeinforge_application/skeinforge.py Mr Kliment seems to maintain a (bundled) version that is Portable_Skeinforge Sfact is another enhanced version of Skeinforge. Debian testing contains a package sfact and for ubuntu there is now also a ppa available (maverick natty oneiric precise): sudo apt-add-repository ppa:richi-paraeasy/ppa Since skeinforge is a big part of the RepRap toolchain for a lot of people we may want to maintain a local mirror of it, along with incorporating all the tutorials.

Extruder not moving You need the dimensions module loaded to generate E codes, which drive the extruder. Notes. Skienforge Settings. The Skienforge tool suite is well documented along with the download.I would like to thank Enrique Perez for this remarkable body of work. It has settings for everything you are ever likely to want to tweak. I find the G_Code generated is capable of producing very nice prints.I use the following basic settings and only usually change temperatures and speeds.

I will point out any other settings that are specific to a particular print file. Analyze -not used Carve – numbers from the top 1.5 1.0 Check – correct mesh Infill bridgewidth 1.5 Check – Infill in direction of bridges Layer thickness 0.4 Layer thickness over precision 10.0 Clip – 0.15 Comb – Not active Export –Check – Activate ExportCheck - Delete CommentsCheck – Delete M110 Gcode lineUncheck - Binary 16 ByteCheck – Do Not Change outputUncheck - Gcode SmallUncheck – Gcode StepFile Extension - “bfb” Fillet – Not ActiveHop – Not Active Material – ABSMultiply – Not ActiveOozebane – Not Active Polyfile – Check - Execute file Tony.

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