New Arrivals

30 01 2009

Got a bunch of gear in the mail this week:
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laser safety goggles, tuned to the 808nm infrared of the cutting laser. Here is the spec sheet. These are model EP-5, so they have OD3. OD5 is ideal for the power range we are working in, but OD3 is INSUFFICIENT  better than nothing. To be on the safe side, I plan to only operate the power lasers in an opaque enclosure. 

img_3155A variety of lenses for shaping the beam path.

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Pretty.

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Tiny Tiny beam splitter. 

img_3146An finally the new geared motor for the new pinch pulley extruder, with the perfect timing belt pulley on it’s end.


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Categories : Hercules Extruder, Laser

Coming Soon

24 01 2009

I took a page from zach’s design, for the latest hercules extruder:

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This ended up not working very well. Not enough torque or grip overall. I just purchased this geared motor. Zach mentioned having issues actually getting his hands on the Kysan motor his design uses. I’m impatient, so I’m going to design around another motor, BUT try and follow Zach’s design as closely as possible otherwise.


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Categories : Hercules Extruder, reprap

Another Iteration

17 01 2009

I still need another iteration in the design, but getting close:

 
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Now we have a lighter nema 17 motor, and better balanced on the x carriage:img_3079


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More Hercules Extruder activity.

16 01 2009

Zach is doing R&D on the Hercules Extruder


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Hercules Extruder Redesign

15 01 2009

I did a from scratch redesign of the hercules extruder  now using the nema17, mounted above the x carriage for best balance. Looks like this:

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Hercules Extruder in action

10 01 2009

Hercules Extruder in action:


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Hercules Extruder for real

9 01 2009

Very happy to have this hercules extruder  sitting on my desk.  Shout out to Max Steiner for time on his machine. 

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Nothing fit correctly! I had to file down just about every surface, but it’s very close. I need to add wiggle room for all of the holes.
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Here it is installed. 

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It’s quite heavy, and puts significant torque on the x-carriage. 

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Categories : Hercules Extruder, Ponoko, reprap

Third pass at the Hercules Extruder

2 01 2009

So the latest design hasn’t even been made at ponoko… and I already see it is flawed. I decided to restart from the beginning… now that I have a digital caliper, and understand sketchup better. Here is the latest:

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I’m not rounding the corners till the end, because it’s easier to edit with square corners. Also, I’m keeping the the panels themselves 2D, easier to work with.


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Hercules Extruder 3D

29 12 2008

Still cutting my teeth with sketchup. Here is the hercules extruder in 3D:

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The sketchup-svg-outline-plugin is great for producing laser cuts for Ponoko. I recommend this sketch-svg tutorial.

Added the trapped nut cutouts:

trapped_nutThis intersect model tutorial was essential for making the trapped nut cutouts.

I just ordered v1 of the extruder from ponoko:

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Hercules Extruder

21 12 2008

I’m working on fabricating the Hercules extruder for the reprap. It is simpler then the current extruders, and it just looks sturdier and more reliable.  The lasercuts look like this:hercules_extruder

Haven’t tried these out yet. Here is the sketchup file


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