Comments on RepRap: Blog: No-lathe extruder interior

And typing fail on my front. The "More expensive ....

2009-07-03T10:20:37.203+01:00

And typing fail on my front. The "More expensive ..." comment should be at the end of course.

Shame these comments can't be edited!

Brane fale. Sorry about that. I've edited it out....

2009-07-03T10:16:52.996+01:00

Brane fale.

Sorry about that. I've edited it out.

Vik :v)

I don't think you pinched the lock nut thrust bear...

2009-07-03T09:06:21.851+01:00

I don't think you pinched the lock nut thrust bearing idea from me. I have never used or advocated one. Infact, you blogged it here in 2005, before I had heard of RepRap.
blog.reprap.org/2005/06/bolt-based-polymorph-pusher-mkii. More expensive, but still no lathe, and will last a lot longer.

The closest thing I have used is a ball bearing between two nuts for thrust and two acting as rollers at the pressure point. hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2009/04/dinosaur

I've got a half-hearted attempt at an interrupt-dr...

2009-07-03T07:06:16.491+01:00

I've got a half-hearted attempt at an interrupt-driven speed controller firmware for a single opto endstop as a speed controller.

http://sites.google.com/site/renoirsrants/reprap/software-i-use

It works for the BitsFromBytes encoder wheel : it probably needs some tweaking for the timings for this version.

It's not currently tested properly but appears to work on my system.

Nice work vik! I'll have to try this one out

2009-07-03T07:00:30.963+01:00

Nice work vik!

I'll have to try this one out