Re: My 3D printer software done

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Alan KM6VV" <KM6VV@...>
wrote:

>
> Fogassa,
>
> Thanks for the URL. With the registration system, that doesn't

sound bad,

> although perhaps a bit laborious. At least with gluing up each

layer at a

> time there wouldn't be a registration problem. Although it might

amount to

> more time to build something, due to glue-setting time for each

layer.

>
> I'm still partial to extruding ABS, if a suitable extruder could

be made for

> the higher-temp ABS "wire". I do like the results of our SST, so

I'm

> inclined to try that.
>
> I REALLY want to make metal parts, or the odd plastic (nylon, etc)

part.

> The ABS parts can be handled, but obviously aren't to the same

finish as an

> injection molded part. We wouldn't take a "prototyped" enclosure

to a trade

> show, but they are fine for showing sales and mocking up a

product. I think

> the enclosure has changed about 4 times for the controller project

I'm

> working on. That would have been expensive for "real" parts.
>
> Not sure how I'd like the plaster parts! But if the hardware can

be an old

> inkjet printer...
>
> I might be inclined to contribute the canned-cycle stepper you

mentioned.

>
> Alan KM6VV

I've heard that the Fdm machines takes a very long time to build
parts, around 12 to 24 hours for a small part with a 0.25mm slice
thicknes.
That's why i do not want to build a reprap fdm type.
Yes it can give you a functional part but at the expenses of
taking a long time to build, I can mill the same part faster then
the fdm builds.
We can fill the powder parts with epoxy or super glue, and make it
flexible like a shoe sole or hard as plastic.
That's what is nice about it.
The way I do it now is to mill a ranshape part then if needed
vaccum form over it to get a nice looking prototype part.

Fogassa