11 May 2009

1. Making the new XY Top using Acrylic

New XY Top

NewXYTop02

Test Print

Testprinting

Dual Drive Concept by Max

DualDrive

Guides for bearings

BearingsGuide

New Acrylic Pulley Holder

PulleyHolder

New Yankers Design

NewYankers01

New Yankers Design 2

NewYankers02
 

  4 May 2009

1. Making the Syring Holder

New XY Top with Syringe Holder mounted.

NewX?YTop01

New Syringe

NewSyringeMounted

Close of of New Syringe

CloseUp01

Close up of Syringe 2

CloseUp2

Motor that controls the valve for the syringe

MotorControlValve
 

  27 April 2009

1. Further Test and Adjustment for XYZ Cell

Max running XYZ Cell with notebook loaded with Fab@Home Software

Notebook

Max setting current for Xylotex 3 axis stepper driver

Current Setting 2

Close up of current setting for Xylotex 3 axis stepper driver

Current Setting 1

Adjusting belt tension

Belt Tension 2

Using hex key to set belt tension

Belt Tension

Top view of shuttle

Shuttle Top 1

Another view from the top of the shuttle

Top Shuttle 2

Old method of tightening wire (Preferred Method)

Wire Tightening

Wire tightening using turn buckle

Turnbuckle

Design for mounting stepper motors.

Motor Mounting

Yankers design

Yankers

Motor and Electronics running

Motor Electronics

Further tests

Test 1

More Tests

Test 2

More tests

TEst3

Test4

Test5

Videos






 

13 April 2009

1. Conducted Tests with XYZ Cell


First Test of XYZ Cell using Fab@Home eelectronics to do FDM.

FDM Test 1

Second FDM Test.

Notice that the square moves up and right at the second pass.

FDM Test 2

Third FDM Test. Second pass still moving up and right.

However, drawing a simple square does not introduce any shift.

FDM Test 3

Tested printing with Epoxy. Same problem with the above tests.

Epoxy Test 1

Another Test with Epoxy. Epoxy solidifies well.

Epoxy Test 2

Z axis in operation

Z Axis


23 February 2009

Photos of Bench Test and Plan for XYZ Cell