Hey Everybody!

My buddy Dan wanted a 3D printer, so we struck a deal where he would buy all the parts for MY second machine and I would "hand me down" my machine to him. I wanted a little bit bigger machine and this gave me the opportunity to work that out.

Basically I added 3 inches all the way around and I really like not feeling cramped! It's also got a nice side effect that I can fit the power supply underneath the printer without any problems! :)

It's also a lot faster than the old machine - I don't know if it's the precision aluminum timing pulleys I made, the precision aluminum z axis couplers I made, the lm8uu bearings, or probably a combination of all of it, but it's really smokin fast!

I will be putting some timing pulleys and couplers in my store eventually - but if you just can't wait, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , and I'll make some for you

I took some video of it printing too :)

Hey everybody! (maybe there's tow people that actually read these?) hehe

Just a quick update - I am moving my graphics and multimedia stuff back over to Geeks Gone Bad so if you're looking for something and it's missing - check there :)

In other (more related) news! I am building my second 3D printer! I sold the first one to a buddy and am in the process of building the second one - I made it a little bigger all the way around to give me full use of the heated build table

Pictures comming soon! :)

Jamie

Broke a few drum mic clips last time my band (Big Moon Rocket) recorded - so I designed and printed a few replacements!

Gotta love being able to make your own plastic parts!

You can download the STL and Solidworks file in my downloads or at Thingiverse!

Just a heads up! I'm sure that most people are not here for my development posts - so this may not apply to you :) but I am moving them to HERE if anyone's interested...

First off - I've never considered myself an engineer - I'm a hack at best LOL but the website EEWEB contacted me about doing an interview, and while I think that I'm insulting the previous - real life engineers, I decided to do it :) Here's a link to the interview and you should check out the website there - tons of good stuff!

What else is going on in the workshop? not a whole lot lately - I've been making some hobbed bolts and selling them on ebay and making some more movie props (can't disclose what just yet) :) and I have been working a lot on the computer trying to further grasp the MVC framework development in C# - so I haven't been in the garage a whole lot really.

What's on my radar? I want to make a homemade DIY MIDI foot pedal - I checked a few out and they are way too expensive for a cheapo like me, so I'm going to make my own - This project will probably involve everything I have (CNC, electronics, microcontrollers, etc) so it'll be a nice project and I'll make sure to document it all and take lots of pictures! :)

Jamie