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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Photo Dump Of PIKA V0.01 assembly

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Just to help Jon Oxer out during https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r19WoewJ_Ys . These are the photos of the V0.01 PIKA Base assembly and Axis...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Original "Hello World" pixel code running on PIKA

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No code changes, just ran it. The old 30μm/pixel version, 1.2mm long . So, backwards compatible.  Used a hypodermic needle probe, so not the...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Levelling PIKA RepRapMicron's Bed To 4 microns

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The RepRapMicron probe needs to be within the print bed surface to within a micron or so. Levelling a bed on an ordinary 3D printer manually...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

PIKA V0.01, More Rigid And Simpler

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The initial hack for PIKA had a few shortcomings. Notably if you moved it you'd lose calibration, and it was extremely difficult to put...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

2 Years - Happy Birthday μRepRap

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RepRapMicron is two years old. Just saying... Updated maus_pika.scad and metriccano.scad on the github  with a reinforced XY  Table, microsc...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2026

PIKA - Upgrades following first attempt

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Sorry for the gap in posts, lots going on in my personal life, and the printer is running commission prints. Anyway, PIKA had a few problems...
Monday, February 23, 2026

PIKA - First Build

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Well, here she is. Axes move as far as they're supposed to without grinding noises, and home properly afterwards. Some of the nut slots ...
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Goodbye MAUS, Hello PIKA

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MAUS V0.04 has been a most excellent prototyping and research platform, particularly when upgraded with the V0.05 Axis Drivers. The time has...