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Good stuff, Hoss!

Parts look good too. What speeds are you running nowadays?

I believe I'll next attempt the Rostock Kossel, though I'm keeping my eye on the MendelMax 2.0 - which looks a...

I've run and continue to run both. The arduino path is the winner on multiple fronts. To do what the ramps 1.4 + mega 2560 combo do, you need external PID controllers (I have two of the Sestos...

stephenrc: I print almost exclusively with ABS. The ABS slurry is excellent for getting parts to stick, and you're right, while the print/glass it hot, it will continue to stick!

The trick is...

I can't speak to your printer, but I've had a similar experience multiple times.

When there's a blockage at the nozzle, the extruder - not knowing there's a blockage - will still push plastic...

Here's the glacern 4" for comparison.

http://www.joeschmoe.com/bb/wp_000103.jpg

http://www.joeschmoe.com/bb/wp_000104.jpg

Jeremy

Just in case anyone is curious about the current shipped state of the G0704...

I ordered a new G0704 this past Friday at about midnight. Since the Bellingham showroom is closed on the weekend, I...

It looks like I was wrong on price. $2.33 / ft. McMaster part # 8546k11: McMaster-Carr (I checked my receipt).

As to verifying the inside diameter of the brass portion of the hotend, I hesitate...

Ah, my mistake - thought you got the whole hotend from hotends.com. In that case, when you try to get your markerfarm MKIV to work with 1.75mm filament, we'll know once and for all if it's possible,...

Hoss, I bought my j-head mk iv from hotends.com after you spoke well of it, so it should be exactly the same thing you have.

As a sidenote, the hotends proprieter (Brian Reifsnyder) is a stand-up...

Hmm. I'm using a MKIV with 1.75mm filament. The way I did it was by using the existing hollow set screw and replacing the PTFE liner. The liner started out as a rod (12" for about $4) and I made...

According to doc that talked about this and other fun characteristics of PLA (http://www.fitfibers.com/files/PLA%20Fibers.doc), I can say that PLA breaks down when put in an environment that has 98%...

We're looking forward to it!

Jeremy

What you say is very true. Hindsight.

I was a 3D Printer beginner, and indeed, I became very frustrated making the thing work. I'm still pretty annoyed by the process I had to go through, come...

Perhaps. For most that is probably true.

Though in my case, because I knew I needed a Mach3 license for near-future cnc milling, I went the seemecnc route. This offered me opportunity to get...

This is exactly it. My first glance at a 3D Printer had a $800 price tag attached to it. I was tempted, but for that much, I could almost have a G0704. For $350, it was more of an impulse buy. A...

In my case, it showed up like this:

http://www.giantstridephotography.com/Other/SeeMeCNC-H1/i-NzQvH9f/0/L/MG2688-L.jpg

Jeremy

Thanks for the link!

Whoa, $15 + $8.80 Priority Mail for that 2" part... That thing better last forever!

I may have to get a foot of McMaster-Carr for $3.15 + ~$3 s/h and do the sleeved'...

Thanks for the link.

I'm not happy with the hot end that came with the seemecnc h1 (too many blowouts), so I'll see how this one works out.

Now if I can figure out a way to have it support...

We're not in disagreement Hoss, that's why I called out they work find - but for a 3D Printer - and that I wouldn't use them for a mill.

My refined wishlist for my future mill has the DMM Tech...

I have that board. Works great for my 3D Printer. The only real issue with it is the opto-couplers are slow, so your print will be skewed a bit. In my case, along the y-axis. You can bypass the...

Oh good. Getting a review of a few extruders side by side will be helpful. Looking forward to reading it.

Jeremy

Nice!

Two questions.
Which extruder did you print, and what was that knife you used to pry up your printed part? I could certainly use something like that...

Jeremy

Can you print really thin? Yes! But results may not be what you expect: Reprap development and further adventures in DIY 3D printing: Slic3r is Nicer - Part 3 - How low can you go?.

As for...

I found that if I didn't use retraction, the filament would string my parts together due to the ooze. Maybe I'll play with zero z lift, but still some retraction...

-Jeremy

Hoss, it sounds like your machine is going round and round and never stopping to go up on the Z axis. Is it constantly moving and we just don't hear it?

My seemecnc h1 machine (as driven by...

I like the lighting control idea. Yes, please. : )

Jeremy

I'm looking forward to what you come up with - and the results of your testing. ...and, if I can wait for it, I may be your first customer. : )

-Jeremy

I've got my SeeMeCNC kit assembled as far as the incomplete instructions on seemecnc.org take you. As I'm documenting every step, I'm slightly at a loss as there basically are no more steps to...

SeeMeCNC kit received today! (sans motors) Woot

Jeremy

This is good information. I'll have to get them them to add that to my shipment of stepper motors that should go out later in the week. Thanks for the 1:2

-Jeremy