26 Reply by IanJohnson

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Re: Heating the printing environment idea...

The X and Y steppers have stickers on them with the model #s, and are easy to Google.  The extruder stepper doesn't have anything to identify it.  I'm thinking of replacing mine with a 400 steps/rev motor to see if it removes the faint diagonal/moire pattern that appears on the surface of the prints.

27 Reply by danny

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Re: Heating the printing environment idea...

with the exception of the Y stepper. (where a dimensional change means you'll have to move the toothed puller along the smooth rod as it's mounted from the bottom)

all the other steppers may be different sizes, but all have the same mounting holes.

the Z motor could be taller or shorter without any issues, the X motor mounts from it's face and hangs down (this could be much taller/shorter with no issues. and the extruder motor mounts from the front to the jig saw motor, it's not mounted anywhere else and sits on top of the carriage, so feasibly could be anything with the same mounting holes.

Basically, what I'm getting at is, provided that the motor is strong enough to actually drive the axis or filament, then it doesn't matter what motor you use.

indeed if you did manage to burn up a motor, then it might be a better idea to replace with a larger one that could handle the current/wouldn't be being driven to it's edge in order that you could more safely increase the heat in the build area.

28 Reply by wire10ga

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Re: Heating the printing environment idea...

hmmm  magic smoke smile

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Re: Heating the printing environment idea...

http://www.google.com/patents?id=F8sQAA … mp;f=false

there we are... heated build environment. smile

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Re: Heating the printing environment idea...

danny wrote:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=F8sQAA … mp;f=false

there we are... heated build environment. smile


I used to work with a dimension and that thing was like a little convection oven. Keep in mind they dont have a heated build platform so this was very necessary for their machines. I don't think a solidoodle will ever get to the temps that it did without some serious modifications though.

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