Tag Archives: CNC

5% off MakerBot Industries Cupcake CNC 3D Printer

Posted on May 13, 2010 by cyrozap

I just got an email from MakerBot because I entered in the Thingiverse contest (which wasn’t a very smart idea–see this post): As a small thank you, if you’d like to get a MakerBot Industries Cupcake CNC 3D Printer, you … Continue reading →

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Mini-Mendel Production Files

Posted on April 26, 2010 by cyrozap

If you’ve wanted to make a mini-Mendel with your MakerBot, I made a set of production files to do just that.

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Aluminum Idler Wheel

Posted on March 28, 2010 by cyrozap

Well, I’d just about had it with my MakerBot’s Idler Wheel; It keept ruining prints by separating from the bearing and letting the filament slip to the side, away from the extruder’s drive wheel, so I decided to upgrade. I … Continue reading →

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It’s PLA time!

Posted on January 21, 2010 by cyrozap

It was printed in PLA sans-raft. There was no warping. At all. Here’s where to get the file.

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Failures and Succeses

Posted on December 6, 2009 by cyrozap

This post summarizes the events of the past few days: – MakerBot randomly stops during large print (Mendel extruder), causing blob; blob makes print fail epicly. – Happens again; no idea what’s going wrong. – I tighten the X/Y belts. … Continue reading →

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Extruder working better than EVER!

Posted on December 4, 2009 by cyrozap

I printed a dodecahedron today. It printed fine, but plastic was building up on the nozzle. Why was this? Because the extruder was extruding faster than the build base was moving. Why is this good? Before, the settings I used … Continue reading →

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In Other News: Fixing the “Fixed” Extruder

Posted on November 30, 2009 by cyrozap

I believe that the repairs I just performed on the extruder are going to work this time! I tried building a test dodecahedron recently and my extruder just stalled on me. This has happened before, but I think I have … Continue reading →

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Rebuilt Extruder Creates More Problems

Posted on November 27, 2009 by cyrozap

As I said in the last update for this, I rebuilt the extruder. Yay! But there is a slight problem: the extruder, for some reason, extruded for a while, but then just stopped. I think I just need to tighten … Continue reading →

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MakerBot Extruder Woes

Posted on November 11, 2009 by cyrozap

So I decide to finally fix the extruder. In doing so, I found more problems than I thought existed. Problems: 1.) Idler Wheel has cracked 2.) Insulator Retainer has cracked 3.) Nichrome wire insulation has turned to powder 4.) Overheating … Continue reading →

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MakerBot pictures!

Posted on September 21, 2009 by cyrozap

Ok, I finally got around to getting some pictures organized, so here they are:

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