I am slowly designing and printing an 8 servo quadruped. I will integrate parts like the sensor and the camera after I build the base and get the walking figured out.
So far, here is the base design and the printed part:
March 13, 2013
March 14, 2013 - Testing the fit for the base.
I'll add as it grows.
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we have been trying hard to get attention from their support. It's too bad they haven't taken our issues with respect. Specifically since they are unaware of what we have up our sleeve for our future open hardware product
Do you print hi-res with raft?
I notice that with Medium resolution, I can remove the object from raft. However, with hi-res I cant remove the object from raft. It seems hi-res merges the object and raft together.
I don't use a raft for medium or hi-res. I wet the print bed down with 91% isopropyl alcohol right before printing starts. I usually wet a lint free pad, clean the bed, then apply alcohol liberally right as the temperature gets close to the print temp. The fan just starts to dry the bed on the first layer print. You don't need pools of free standing alcohol, but a wet wipe.
I've printer large flat items, like the custom blinds below, without curling both high and medium res. The blinds below are a few feet across cut into sections for printing.
Raft removal usually required fine scissors for me so I found a way not to use them. I still use supports for some items that require them and I break out the scissors for those.
Great feedback, thanks!
Looking forward to seeing your robot. That's going to be cool. I can hardly wait to show you what we have planned for our 3D printer support! So exciting
This is awesome!
Love it man , I'm watching you have my attention. I am looking for 3d software to start 3d printing. Right now I guess I will have shapeways.com do my prints till I find a buddy who can hook me up for cheap
ideas of software to use and where to get it? - Josh S
March 22, 2013
Time for an update. The lower leg design is done, printed and attached to the robot. It's a bit wobbly at the moment while I teach it how to walk, but the basic design is completed. I'll add the vision and other components as the project progresses.
Here are the pics:
And some basic movement sequences:
Wow, that's awesome!
How have you been progressing @ElvisExMachina ?