new MakerBot in town ...
Mike Broome
Started the build of my MakerBot Cupcake Ultimate kit on 7/11 and just
finished it today. Had a delay for designing and laser-cutting an
acrylic board to mount all the electronics on. Had another delay more
recently due to yellow jackets in the basement. (Ow!)
Today I finished the wiring and tested it out. Steppers all work,
heater works, plastruder (mark 5) works, and I was able to extrude some
ABS! Woohoo! So everything is working ... with one small exception.
One of my ribbon cables from the motherboard to the stepper controller
is flakey. When I was putting them together, I cracked the top piece of
one of the IDC connectors. Didn't think that would make a difference
for the electrical connection, but that's the cable that's having a
problem. (Verified by swapping around ribbon cables and stepper
boards.) I also tried removing the IDC connectors, trimming the ribbon
cable, and re-attaching them. Still flakey.
So, before I order some additional ribbon cable and connectors, does
anyone have a spare cable lying around that I could borrow or have so I
can to do a test print?
Mike
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Mike Broome
mbroome(at)employees.org
Tom Billman
I've got 3.
Tom
Tom Billman
Giant Shoulder, Inc.
Mike Broome
Yep, the 10-pin ones that go from the motherboard to the stepper boards.
The same 2 x 5-pin connectors shown here:
http://reprap.org/wiki/MakeIDCCable#Rainbow_Cables
Are you in or anywhere near Durham?
M.
Jeff Crews
From: Mike Broome <mbr...@employees.org>
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Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 3:24 PM
Subject: new MakerBot in town ...
Jeff Crews
From: Mike Broome <mbr...@employees.org>
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Subject: new MakerBot in town ...
Mike Broome
I'll be heading back to the basement after I get some dinner to see if I
can get my first test print to, you know, print.
Mike
Tom Billman
Print baby print! !!! :)
Bill Culverhouse
Jeff Crews
From: Bill Culverhouse <bill.cul...@gmail.com>
To: techshop-durham-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: new MakerBot in town ...
Bill Culverhouse
Jeff Crews
Mike Broome
Here's a pic I just posted of my 'bot and first test print:
http://yfrog.com/kh4hpicj
M.
P.S. I tested my ribbon cable when I got back from getting one from Tom.
3 of the 10 pins didn't make a connection which pretty much explains why
it was flakey.
Otto Hammersmith
Bill Culverhouse
Jeff Crews
Subject: Re: new MakerBot in town ...
Bill Culverhouse
Mike Broome
be able to make it. In fact, I'm pretty much booked for the rest of the
weekends in August, too. But I might be up for a weeknight or maybe
bring my 'bot to the Splat Space open meeting and play there.
M.
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 11:44:05AM -0400, Bill Culverhouse wrote:
> I'm good with anytime after lunch on either day.
>
> -b
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Jeff Crews <cruz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm available; I pretty much just need a day and time.
> > I wouldn't mind picking your brain about pushing stl's back to an editable
> > format- Netfabb, right? Or was it Meshlab?
> >
> > Anyway, suggest some times.
> >
> > JSC
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Bill Culverhouse <bill.cul...@gmail.com>
> > *To:* techshop-durham-...@googlegroups.com
> > *Sent:* Friday, August 5, 2011 10:36 AM
> >
> > *Subject:* Re: new MakerBot in town ...
Jeff Crews
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