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3D Printing A Wheel
1678 is doing a test run of a full-size 3D-printed wheel; you can see it at http://www.twitch.tv/frc1678. We're using the MakerBot Replicator 2 we got through Donors Choose.
We tried this last night, but the filament snapped, and somehow part of it had gotten wrapped around the drive gear. In addition, more filament was clogged up in the nozzle head. Took me about 2 hours to fix. I hope this one goes better. |
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PLA wheel? Interesting. Also, how large is the wheel? Looks like a 4"
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What % infill are you using?
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2429 just got a replicator 2 as well make sure to have your filament cable loose and unconstrained. also have you changed any of the heating settings?
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I saw the head move for about five seconds and then an ad popped up... turned it off at that point.
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I'm interested that you decided to 3d print wheels at all. Is this just a test, to see what kind of quality you get? If you're seriously considering using 3d printed wheels next year, could you talk a bit about the thought that went into the decision?
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what resolution did you use fine,low,standard ? also have you tried putting down the big blue piece of tape that comes with it?
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When will this model (likely) be done? Will you be making more to test an actual drive train, or just the one wheel? Either way, I am interested in seeing results.
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are you printing the wheel solid ?
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o.o why not polyurethane casting and using hollowed version out of wheel to use as a negative because printing four or six of those wheels (at least) is going to be expensive
my math has it at 5 cents per gram if your using makerbot pla and 1.5 cents using an amazon competitor |
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