I had a good time at the gathering at Olin College. I had to leave by 5:00 but fortunately the software glitches were worked out and the RepRap Darwin started printing around 4:30 so I got to see it in action.
The machine was a joy to behold. Most of the custom parts are currently made of wood which, from what I gather, was cut by hand with a scroll saw. The Z-axis limit switch flag was a gift from someone with a commercial 3D printer and one of the pieces clamping the lift platform was an ABS part printed by the RepRap itself. As tuning progresses and the machine produces better parts the plan is to replace the wood with self-printed ABS parts.
My thanks to everyone who organized the meeting, brought stuff/ideas to share, or just came by to look and learn.
Does anyone else want to say anything about the meeting?
The machine was a joy to behold. Most of the custom parts are currently made of wood which, from what I gather, was cut by hand with a scroll saw. The Z-axis limit switch flag was a gift from someone with a commercial 3D printer and one of the pieces clamping the lift platform was an ABS part printed by the RepRap itself. As tuning progresses and the machine produces better parts the plan is to replace the wood with self-printed ABS parts.
My thanks to everyone who organized the meeting, brought stuff/ideas to share, or just came by to look and learn.
Does anyone else want to say anything about the meeting?