3D Printer

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AllHandsActive has two Makerbot Industries Cupcake series 3D Printers. The printers are both heavily modified from their original state so aside from the chasis saying Cupcake, refer to documentation shown below.


Creamcheese

Gen3 Electronics
Extra Stepper driver for extruder
ugly cable hack
RobG's 5D firmware
MiseryPusher Extruder
custom designed toolhead holder
Mendel X and Y low rider Axis
relay kit
Heated Build Platform
Makergear Groovemount insulator
modular thermistor
modular heater core
36MM Brass barrel
.35MM nozzle.

How Do I run Creamcheese?
 Get ReplicatorG 0029 R2 (MUST BE THIS VERSION NOT NEWER!) - Google Code Listing 
 Get the Creamcheese config files from here: Tyler's repository of cool stuff!
 Put the 5D Creamcheese Cupcake.xml file in your replicatorg machines directory
 Put the SF40-Cupcake-3mm-.35 folder in your sf_40_profiles folder. On linux this is in a hidden home folder directory (ex: /home/worman/.replicatorg/sf_40_profiles
 Start up replicatorg and pick machine type of Creamcheese Cupcake 3G 5D (RPM)
 In Replicatorg: GCode->GCode Generator pick Skeinforge 40 (Experimental)
 Use the following settings when you generate GCode...
  Base Profile: SF40-Cupcake-3mm-.35 (if you put the config in the right place this will show up).
  Raft: Your choice, on or off.
  Support Material: Your choice, on or off
  Use Print-O-Matic: YES!
  POM-Settings-Object Infill: 30% (Less and you get a hollower object, more and it is more solid.)
  POM-Settings-Layer Height (mm): 0.25 (Smaller and bot moves faster stretching the plastic, larger and it will tell you can it can't print thick layers because of nozzle size)
  POM-Settings-Number of shells: 2 (How many solid outer layers you get)
  POM-Settings-Feedrate (mm/s): 35 (Slower and prints take longer, faster and steppers can't keep up or jitter throws off your X and Y, feel free to experiment, tested with 35!)
  POM-Plastic-Material type: ABS
  POM-Plastic-Filament Diameter (mm): 2.94 (This should be an average thickness of the filament you feed in. It does vary by color and over lengths of filament. You might want to play with this when changing colors. Measure every 6 inches to a foot and average..)
  POM-Extruder-Nozzle Diameter(mm) - .35
  POM-Extruder-Drive Gear Diameter(mm) - 10.58
  

PRINT!


Ox's bot

Gen4 Electronics
Extra Stepper driver for Mk6 Extruder
Mk6 Extruder
Acrylic Platform
.50MM Nozzle
MBI firmware.


Software:
Creamcheese - ReplicatorG Version 0029 R2. The bots will not work with anything later than 0029.
Ox's bot - Any version of ReplicatorG