This post should evolve into a complete Spherebot summary of firmware and software available to date and is therefore WIP. If you have THAT solution feel free to drop me a message. I have printed one of these Spherebot thingies lately. Printing went nice with my new grey PLA filament. The parts really look great…
Author: Ianmcmill
Hello. My name is Sebastian a.k.a. Ianmcmill.
I like to build stuff. Wood, plastic, metal. I like to disassemble electronics to see what is under the hood. I am not an engineer nor did I learn what I am showing here.
Where to get ABS/PLA pellets for filament extrusion
Building a filament extruder to produce your own 3D printing filament has become quite easy today. You can choose from several complete kits with features like automated filament winders, length counters, force adjustment and online thickness measurement. There are a lot of commercial products out there ranging from 300$ to 2000$. I don’t want to…
Skeleton3D Modified #BuildLog3 – Pulley support
The support pulleys that came with the Skeleton3D did bend a bit. Made them thicker so now: No bending. Material bending in machining parts is bad, mkay ?!
Skeleton3D Modified Z Axis #BuildLog2
* rotated the bearing holders to the back and generally completely remodelled them * added holes to fix the bearings in place * extruded wall to compensate for thin walls of the nut intendation close to the perimeter * changed nut intendation from 4.6mm to 5mm to better fit M3 nuts * completely remodelled the…