milling toolhead for RepMan on thingiverse

It is done.

The toolhead is a tight fit and should work just nicely.
[www.thingiverse.com]


* I am currently patching visolate to generate g-code to mill PCBs. (New download-location: [visolate.sourceforge.net])
* These Eagle-scripts may do the job too if no vorinoi is required. (Much more milling then needed without voronoi.)
* I guess Skeinforge with a milling-setting can be used to generate gcode to mill 3d-objects.

Feel free to adapt it to the RepRap Darwin or Mendel as well!
And of cause to the makerbot.

Please tell me how it worked out for you!
Especially if you come up with a way to improve it.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2010 02:41AM by MarcusWolschon.

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Here is my first video of this toolhead working it´s way through a PCB using a completely mismatched milling-bit and manual controls for movement:

[www.youtube.com]

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2010 11:03AM by MarcusWolschon.

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The link takes me to my own YouTube inbox!

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[www.hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

I corrected this post too with the URL: [www.youtube.com]

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Good news everyone!
I managed to find settings for Skeinforge that seem to work for the RepMan.
[www.bitsfrombytes.com]

So now you can in theory mill 3d STL-objects on the RepMan.

It looks good when executed milling thin air but needs testing.

Video: [www.youtube.com]

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2010 11:16AM by MarcusWolschon.

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Ok, Visolate 2.1.0 now can create gcode that happily runs on the RepMan.
* absolute coordinates
* non-shortened gcode (if using absolute)
* metric units
* specify initial xyz-location
* specify z-clearance between cutting and traveling

[sourceforge.net]

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