Mic 6 tooling plate

[Alloy]

I should figure out how the work the height offsets....any word on if 6061 is good enough for 1 print?

[insta]

If it works for 1 print it'll work for a lot -- the downside to 6061 is that it changes shape as it heats up, whereas MIC6 doesn't. It doesn't get consumed in the printing process.

[Alloy]

Thanks insta. I wasn't sure if heating it once verses cyclic heating for multiple prints would make a difference. MIC6 is a little expensive to buy a new plate for every print...

[insta]

Why are you consuming aluminum plates per print?

[Alloy]

The part will be left on the plate. I am trying to take advantage on the print already being located on the plate when it is printed.

[ednisley]

I will be switching between the .125" glass and .250" aluminum

If you're up for an adventure, just move the Z-axis switch to the X-axis gantry where it directly senses the top of whatever plate you're using:
http://softsolder.com/2013/10/14/makerg ... in-switch/



That post gives a rundown of the G-Code tweaks required to make homing work; for obvious reasons, you must move the nozzle off the platform before homing the Z axis.

As a side effect, that switch completely eliminates all the dinking around with Z stop screws and nuts and offsets and stuff like that. Swap plates all you want, your prints start with the correct Z=0 position every time. Adjusting the Z=0 point requires changing one number in the startup G-Code to get exactly the difference you expected.

The V4 nozzle sits slightly higher and required a bit more tweaking, but it's the same general idea:
http://softsolder.com/2015/03/10/makerg ... is-switch/



The New Shiny seems to be a proximity sensor that does much the same thing, but they don't work on glass...

[Jules]

Ed, I would love to see a picture of your "Frankenprinter".

You really should do up a thread in the Modifications section with pics of all your mods.
(From a science standpoint, it would be invaluable, and we could point people to it when they want to try something out-of-the-box.)

[insta]

Ed, I would love to see a picture of your "Frankenprinter".

You really should do up a thread in the Modifications section with pics of all your mods.
(From a science standpoint, it would be invaluable, and we could point people to it when they want to try something out-of-the-box.)

I want to see what happens if I visit Ed, with my entropy field in tow.

I'm actually curious what happens if I visit MakerGear themselves. My guess is one of the big 3-phase transformers outside blows when I walk in.

[Jules]

.......I want to see what happens if I visit Ed, with my entropy field in tow.

I'm actually curious what happens if I visit MakerGear themselves. My guess is one of the big 3-phase transformers outside blows when I walk in.

Better not try it......i want that Auto-Level one of these days!
(who was that Peanuts character that had the little cloud following him around everywhere? No wait, maybe it was Dogpatch?)

Got it! Joe Btfsplk

[jimc]

haha insta, rick will see you coming and as you walkup to the building all the doors shut and you hear dead bolds sliding on the inside..lmao!