Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maybe OT, reprap build started

On 10/7/2011 12:30 PM, Phil@Yahoo wrote:

> Cool. (Hot?)
>
> Anyway, I've been sort of getting the bug myself lately. I just got my
> gantry router working, and was thinking it might not be too hard to
> build an
> extruder head for it and have a 3D printer in short order. I looked at
> the
> latest head for the MakerBot, and I'm sure I could build the hardware and
> electronics without too much trouble. But despite their claims to be an
> "open source" project, there is no *source* code available anywhere
> for the
> various microcontrollers (all Arduino, apparently). Neither do they
> publish
> any schematics. Open source my @$$. Not that I think I'm entitled to
> anything. Except maybe the truth. The only software I could find for
> translating 3D models into G-Code was Skeinforge. There is
> ReplicatorG, but
> that appears to be a wrapper for Skeinforge. What can you tell us
> about the
> CAD/CAM tool chain to make this work?
>
> Thanks for documenting your project. I'll be watching with interest.
>
> --Phil M.

I'll keep you posted as I go. It will be a learning experience for me.
I think all the open source files are available through github or
thingiverse. The problem is sorting the old from the new. Every version
seems to live forever.

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