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Wire EDM

Posted by Rooski

Rooski

Wire EDM
July 13, 2014 04:47PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 93

Ive been looking for an all metal extruder, and my friend offered to cut one for me on a wire edm machine he has at work. The machine cuts within a 1 micron tolerance so im looking for sliced extruder files, without the hexed holes.

If someone is willing to make a dwg, igs, stp, or a solidworks 2013 drawing. I would pay to have a few parts made for them. It has to be flat though.

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Re: Wire EDM
July 13, 2014 05:37PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 1,381

Do have your friend take lots of pictures of the different stages of fabricating thumbs up

If you supply me with a design that I can reverse engineer, I can supply you with the appropriate CAD files.

I have long term plans to build my own desktop WEDM smoking smiley

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Iceman086

Re: Wire EDM
July 13, 2014 06:15PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 70

I have a solidworks model of the PrusaNozzle 2.0 I can send you. Shoot me a PM.

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vegasloki

Re: Wire EDM
July 13, 2014 08:01PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 661

Quote
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I have long term plans to build my own desktop WEDM

A DIY EDM would be cool...

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Rooski

Re: Wire EDM
July 14, 2014 01:57AM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 93

Yeah it would be cool, anyhoo back on topic. im looking for files that would get me something like this

5878910902_d300ef0489.jpg

but i would cut it out of an aluminium plate.

EDIT______

More so like this , but id ideally want it to have a mount for an all metal hotend.
[www.thingiverse.com]

Any other suggestions ?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2014 01:59AM by Rooski.

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Re: Wire EDM
July 14, 2014 04:05AM

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I've read that style of extruder looses filament tension, and the hob slips, and periodically has to be manually adjusted. Ask some one who has used it for feedback.

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LMColl

Re: Wire EDM
July 14, 2014 04:23AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 32

[grabcad.com]

All the solidworks files are there for that extruder.
although it doesn't look like it'd be the lightest of extruder.

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Traumflug

Re: Wire EDM
July 14, 2014 06:02AM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 7,616

Huxley Seedling came with a sheet-based extruder: [reprap.org]

They're not exactly popular, though, so don't expect most modern technologies.

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