Comments on RepRap: Blog: Back From Madrid

Hay gente interesada en Tenerife (Canary Islands)....

2009-02-22T08:55:03.631Z

Hay gente interesada en Tenerife (Canary Islands). Por favor contactar con imagina punto canarias arroba gmail punto com. O, mejor todavía, http://www.imagina-canarias.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13

ENGLISH: There's folks interested in reprap in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Please contact imagina dot canarias at gmail. Or better still http://www.imagina-canarias.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13

GRACIAS/THANKS!

Hey, welcome back! Glad you and Dr Bowyer got a ch...

2009-02-17T22:02:40.877Z

Hey, welcome back! Glad you and Dr Bowyer got a chance to work together in person on this one, too - and looks like we might have a standardized pinch-wheel extruder coming soon as a result! Great! :D

Got my parts just fine while you were gone too, so your store was in good hands (but you probably already knew that ;)

unfortunately i was not to good with the camera. ...

2009-02-17T19:22:22.644Z

unfortunately i was not to good with the camera. its funny how some things seem less important when you're on a tight deadline.

there are some pics floating around the net though:

http://flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/3252738629/in/set-72157612999072617/
http://flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/3270981647/
http://flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/3271795454/

umm... just about everything that was structural ;...

2009-02-17T19:21:33.921Z

umm... just about everything that was structural ;)

in list of importance / fragility (maybe):

* motor couplings (completely broke)
* z bed constraints (break under stress)
* opto endstop mounts (no way in hell)
* x idler housing (cracked, but okay)
* corner brackets (broke, but we patched with epoxy putty)
* belt clamps (easy to hack up)

we were very gentle and still managed to break some. the ABS parts are super strong and we replaced most of the parts with it before i left

So are you going to post some pics of the Reprap m...

2009-02-17T18:46:26.388Z

So are you going to post some pics of the Reprap machine made with Z-Corp parts?

Brilliant Zach! I was a little nervous about the ...

2009-02-17T17:18:44.089Z

Brilliant Zach! I was a little nervous about the strength of the Z-Corp parts when I left, and you've shown I was too pessimistic.

Did you by any chance keep (or keep a list of) the bits that broke? Given that Z-corp parts are always weak those will probably be the weakest bits in general for other processes too, and so it might be an idea to concentrate on them for some strengthening re-designing.