Friday, April 25, 2025
Manual Section For Axis Driver First Draft
We're having technical difficulties with the RepRap Wiki, so I have worked on the manual on the Github RepRapMicron Wiki for now. First stab at documenting the axis construction is complete and you can access it here https://github.com/VikOlliver/RepRapMicron/wiki/Maus-C-Build-Process
The finished driver looks nice, but I have yet to test and post final V0.03 STLs - worn out for the day!
Labels: axis, manual, reprapmicron
Friday, September 05, 2008
Ball-chain for X axis
This movie shows an X axis using ball-chain instead of drive belt. I built it on a design based heavily on Ian Adkins' lasercut RepRap, which I decided to attempt to simplify a little bit. As you can see, it appears to work. I'll do another run and tidy up the X axis - I just subverted part of Ian's design that looked handy.
One fly in the ointment is that I can't yet print the neat little lasercut toothed gears on my RepRap, though the new Arduino boards should help.
You can't see it here, but I had to elongate the holes for mounting the X motor into Ian's bracket. I'll do a quick redesign so that it can take the motor Ian is using and the ones I've got - plus anything between.
Vik :v)
One fly in the ointment is that I can't yet print the neat little lasercut toothed gears on my RepRap, though the new Arduino boards should help.
You can't see it here, but I had to elongate the holes for mounting the X motor into Ian's bracket. I'll do a quick redesign so that it can take the motor Ian is using and the ones I've got - plus anything between.
Vik :v)
Labels: axis, ball chain, lasercut, reprap
