Sunday, March 23, 2008
Yet Another Minimug
Having spent a while tweaking the parameters of my Darwin on a 10mm test cube, I decided to go for a minimug:
Which worked. My daughter Sally was home for Easter and so joined in the celebrations, which consequently had to involve Amaretto - slightly sweet, if you ask me:
In for a penny, in for a pound: I then decided to throw a Darwin opto-switch bracket at it:
While it was printing, I soldered up a quick opto-switch PCB. Then I took the bracket off the build bed and ran a drill bit by hand down a couple of the holes to clean them up. I bolted the assembly together.
Finally I attached it to the very same extruder that made it:
That extruder now has speed feedback. Job done.
That's what I'm talking about...
Which worked. My daughter Sally was home for Easter and so joined in the celebrations, which consequently had to involve Amaretto - slightly sweet, if you ask me:
In for a penny, in for a pound: I then decided to throw a Darwin opto-switch bracket at it:
While it was printing, I soldered up a quick opto-switch PCB. Then I took the bracket off the build bed and ran a drill bit by hand down a couple of the holes to clean them up. I bolted the assembly together.
Finally I attached it to the very same extruder that made it:
That extruder now has speed feedback. Job done.
That's what I'm talking about...
Labels: first print, minimug
