"Bitten by the 3d printing bug"

[Batteau62]

This post was inspired by jimp1947 and foshon-the thread- http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2139
So...what would a "3d printer bug" look like? We've all been bitten and showing all the signs of, excessive hours tinkering, spending $$$ for that rad new mod part and telling the wife/significant other any excuse to get MTWP-more time with printer So come on guys, what did the critter that bit you actually look like? Here are some samples courtesy of the web:

photos, drawings, and actual prints(best!) are acceptable forms of proof of "Filamentida Extruderata" Your species may have a different latin identification please include it.

P.S. I'm in a really good mood this am. I just got my email from E3d that my order has been "dispatched"! A sure sign that my infection is at fever pitch!

[Batteau62]

Maybe it was this bad boy!

[barry99705]

Just give him an extruder!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quN37YskoaM

[Batteau62]

[Batteau62]

Just give him an extruder!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quN37YskoaM

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. I wonder what a mod to attach a light duty milling head to a Max would take? Hmmmm?

[barry99705]

It would have to be really light duty from what I've been reading about the max. You'll end up burning up the belts.

[Eaglezsoar]

It would have to be really light duty from what I've been reading about the max. You'll end up burning up the belts.

I'm curious, what have you been reading?

[barry99705]

It would have to be really light duty from what I've been reading about the max. You'll end up burning up the belts.

I'm curious, what have you been reading?

The build threads that say the print head hitting the build platform when zeroing can cause the belts to strip teeth. Pretty sure milling anything harder than say blue foam board will do the same. I'm also not sure how well the carriage assembly would hold up to the lateral stresses. Pretty sure it would pop the u-joints free.

[kbob]

The belts are not the weak link, IMO. More interesting is that the delta arms flex.

Earlier tonight I sent the wrong G-code to my printer, jammed my effector into one of the towers, and twisted the effector 90 degrees. The arms exhibited great compliance and twisted right along. Fortunately, they sprang back.

But yeah, I wouldn't try to mill much more than foam board with this printer.

[geneb]

It's not AT ALL designed for this kind of thing. The side-force generated by a rotating tool passing through solid material (even Balsa!) is impressive. Mounting a laser to the effector plate might be practical, but you'd have to work out your own toolpath software for the tasks it would perform.

Remember, a machine that tries to be all things to all people ends up most of the time, being nothing to nobody. The Rostock MAX is a 3D printer. If you want some kind of CNC router, build one. You can't swing a dead dog without hitting a pile of good, open source CNC router plans.

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