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Ugh. I wrote a lengthy (yeah, yeah, I know...) reply to this on Saturday, and it looks like the forum ate it. I even made a backup in...
Just noticed the Openbuilds facebook page is plugging the BlackBox easter egg today. I don't actually have a BlackBox to put a case on (they came...
Woohoo! My guess wasn't entirely off-base! -Bats (too bad it wasn't the important answer - hopefully one of our more grbly locals can be more...
Question: What (rapid, G0) speed & acceleration settings do you like to run on your (leadscrew-based) Openbuilds machine? Backstory: I've been...
Ahh...ok. I was thinking the 120V 1.5kw spindles were all big honkin' 80mm beasts like mine, but maybe that was just for the ER16 versions (if you...
Is that one of the big 80mm spindles? If so, I'd love to hear more about how it works out, and if you run into any trouble with the weight. My...
One more thing that's probably worth mentioning (especially since some connectors came loose and fried one of my drivers back in December) is that...
Ok, I guess that's my first "I thought of that, but...". I actually was having EMI trouble with the limit switches (probably still am, but...
I've been having some trouble with my half-width Lead 1010 (so is that a Lead 1005? Lead 0510? Lead 1010/2? Eric the Half-A-Lead?) lately, and...
Oooo... I've been drooling over the High Z mod anyhow, but it didn't occur to me (recently) that it would make the gantry twice(ish) as sturdy at...
There've been a number of discussions on here about the potential & potential problems of mounting one of those massive 1.5kW 80mm spindles on the...
Two things (unless I get distracted by something shiny, in which case it may be anywhere from one to six things): First, I'm noticing that the...