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cyrozap
Oct 1, 2009, 7:35:05 PM10/1/09
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On Sunday, I was using a huge CNC milling machine and positioning it
using a joystick, and I felt powerful! There's something cool about
controlling heavy machinery directly. So I was thinking, why can't we
have manual joystick control with the MakerBot? The makerBot isn't
exactly heavy machinery, and it may not be the most practical idea,
but it would still be cool. Maybe we could even manually print things
by turning on the extruder and moving the XY-stage around and
increasing the Z every time we build a layer, all using the joystick.
I'm sure it could just be integrated into the control panel as a
simple checkbox to turn joy-control on and off.
I really hope this can be done!
using a joystick, and I felt powerful! There's something cool about
controlling heavy machinery directly. So I was thinking, why can't we
have manual joystick control with the MakerBot? The makerBot isn't
exactly heavy machinery, and it may not be the most practical idea,
but it would still be cool. Maybe we could even manually print things
by turning on the extruder and moving the XY-stage around and
increasing the Z every time we build a layer, all using the joystick.
I'm sure it could just be integrated into the control panel as a
simple checkbox to turn joy-control on and off.
I really hope this can be done!
Zach 'Hoeken' Smith
Oct 1, 2009, 8:03:31 PM10/1/09
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thats one of the things i've been wanting for a LONG time, but more
pressing problems like getting it to actually work have gotten in the
way. hopefully adam will nail the rest of the bugs with r^g soon and
be able to hack on cool stuff like this.
pressing problems like getting it to actually work have gotten in the
way. hopefully adam will nail the rest of the bugs with r^g soon and
be able to hack on cool stuff like this.
conrad farnsworth
Oct 1, 2009, 10:25:08 PM10/1/09
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Thad be cool! It would also be nice to have an option to stop the z
axis before it plows into the base (without an endstop)
No gear, cog, or spring, no matter how important can always be replaced
axis before it plows into the base (without an endstop)
No gear, cog, or spring, no matter how important can always be replaced
Cathal Garvey
Oct 2, 2009, 4:14:05 AM10/2/09
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It'd make a very interesting project for someone enterprising to hook up an ultrasound sensor that'd interrupt the Z-stage if it came too close to the platform.. Or a laser rangefinder, if those are practical for small projects.
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Cid Vilas
Oct 2, 2009, 12:04:28 PM10/2/09
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I was also thinking of the same idea, but instead of a sensor to
detect distance, you could design a "touch alarm". Place a pressure
sensor somewhere in the print head assembly (I haven't decided where
the safest place is) and when the head 'kisses' the build platform it
uses that as its set build height.
I have some ideas but they require some printed objects. Im not that
good with Sketchup yet. :)
It would basically be multi-layered with a force sensor built into the
body. It would have to compensate for the fact that the assembly is
already being pressured onto the plastruder assembly. So light
touches should trigger it. Also it would have to be disabled during
print....Just ideas which roll through my head.
Hope this comes to fruition.
On Oct 2, 1:14 am, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It'd make a very interesting project for someone enterprising to hook up an
> ultrasound sensor that'd interrupt the Z-stage if it came too close to the
> platform.. Or a laser rangefinder, if those are practical for small
> projects.
>
> 2009/10/2 conrad farnsworth <robot.lig...@gmail.com>
detect distance, you could design a "touch alarm". Place a pressure
sensor somewhere in the print head assembly (I haven't decided where
the safest place is) and when the head 'kisses' the build platform it
uses that as its set build height.
I have some ideas but they require some printed objects. Im not that
good with Sketchup yet. :)
It would basically be multi-layered with a force sensor built into the
body. It would have to compensate for the fact that the assembly is
already being pressured onto the plastruder assembly. So light
touches should trigger it. Also it would have to be disabled during
print....Just ideas which roll through my head.
Hope this comes to fruition.
On Oct 2, 1:14 am, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It'd make a very interesting project for someone enterprising to hook up an
> ultrasound sensor that'd interrupt the Z-stage if it came too close to the
> platform.. Or a laser rangefinder, if those are practical for small
> projects.
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> > Thad be cool! It would also be nice to have an option to stop the z
> > axis before it plows into the base (without an endstop)
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> > No gear, cog, or spring, no matter how important can always be replaced
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> > Thad be cool! It would also be nice to have an option to stop the z
> > axis before it plows into the base (without an endstop)
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> > No gear, cog, or spring, no matter how important can always be replaced
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