Hi all,
   We know how hard it is to keep our children learning right now. For that reason we're doing what we can to put together affordable projects that can be easily used at home. The first of these is (quaran)tinyBot, available for preorder now. If you're looking for a good STEM education platform, please keep us in mind. Available here: https://mimicrobots.com/products/quarant...6649772134

- Brett

Hi All, cool to find this group on my printer so long after I bought it.  

My "2.5up" looks mostly like a standard 2up but it has a second Z-axis motor to lift the opposite end and behind the lateral head axis.   I also replaced the controller A fastbot BBP 1s.  It has a built in server so it's just an Ethernet device on my network.   It has the stone heated bed.  I put in mechanical limit switches.

I ran a few tests and found one issue.  Because all the movement torque is applied along only one edge of the table, it torques/twists then relaxes.   It happens every step of the stepper motor.

So I want to run a shaft extension across to the other side of the platform and add a second belt so both sides are pulled at the same time.

So here is my dilemma...  I can't find a new 12 tooth 5mm bore 3mm pitch [I  think 3mm is what it uses] timing pulley.   Does the original manufacturer still even exist?   Or a source for one?

Anyone out there ever change out the pulleys on their machine for a different one and have one from the original they'd like to sell me?

Thanks folks!
Bill

Hi All,

I know most of you aren't logging in here when you do drop by, but I wanted to ask if anyone has been having trouble logging in.

I logged in this evening, and when I was redirected to the forum home page, it didn't show me as logged in. It only showed me logged in after I refreshed the page manually.

Anyone else seeing this?

Thanks,
Stan

Hi All,

This thing is not ready for prime time yet, but the speed of it will sit you right down.

The video contains slightly accelerated recordings of the printing process - but only about 2x. The 'Benchy' printed in about 30 seconds.

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

Enjoy.

Hi All,

We've had a few new members join the forums, but sadly, there hasn't been much activity to keep them coming back.

I have been swamped with life stuff for a while, and I haven't been able to stir up any discussion myself.

If you have any projects you're working on, please make a post here and let us in on the fun!

Surely the maker trend hasn't died down that much already .

If I can ever finish getting some cabinets installed, I may develop a project of my own (hopefully before winter is out).

In the meantime, jump in here and tell us what you've got!

Hi All,

I just wanted to reiterate that new user activations may take some time. Our most recent user caught me at a bad time, and I didn't get to activate them for about 17 hours. I apologize for the delay, but between sleep and work, I can't always do the activations right away.

I'm doing my best though

Administrator

Hi All,

I haven't tracked down the issue yet, but there is some evidence that there is a problem with some of the registration emails.

Everyone who has registered that I am aware of has had their account activated. If any recently registered folks can't log in to the forum, please let me know the details of the problem at fabric8rsite@gmail.com.

Thanks!
Admin

Hi All,

I believe I have sorted out the issues with the registration process (although I could not confirm it directly).

I have re-opened new registrations. If anyone has an issue with the registration process, feel free to let us know at our gmail address:

fabric8rsite

follow that with the 'at' symbol, and the 'gmail.com' after that.


Happy Fabric8ing!

Hi All!

It wasn't without tribulation, but we have successfully moved to a new hosting provider!

These things never go as planned .

My apologies for the delay in getting things working again, but we have made it at last.

Thanks for your perseverance.

See you on the forums!

Hi All,

So, somewhat obviously, if you can see this message, the site must be up .

It's been mostly offline since sometime Friday due to our hosting provider having what appears to be yet another major fail.

Yet again, the provider has turned in a totally unacceptable response to a situation that itself is unacceptable.

I will update my backups since the site is back, and over the coming days will begin the process of moving the site.

Stay tuned.

Administrator