[ML-General] 3D Printing

[WebDawg]

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:14 AM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

>  I considered the Dremel because I like their other tools.  The research I
> did online shows way more people dislike it than like it.  Amazon sells it
> too and is a good place to get a condensed version of the reviews.
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> On 05/07/15 01:34, Daniel Valdez wrote:
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> Afaik that thing is proprietary and I haven't seen much about hacking it
> to take custom firmware. Seems like there is a group of guys out there
> working on it though
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>  If it's anything like some other printers it has an SD card hiding
> somewhere. My da-Vinci has it inside the case and needs a slot cut out to
> access it. Printers with embedded SD slots usually take .gcode files with
> custom headers. So you can slice in whatever you want as long as you insert
> the header that the machine is looking for.
>
>  Do some searching. Looks to be a decent community out there for it.
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>  I know you didn't ask for this opinion but I'll offer it anyway
> (apologies in advance):
> That printer is very over priced for its print area and print material. If
> it's within return period I'd do so and invest in a printerbot simple metal
> ($600) for better specs than the Dremel or ask the group. I'm fond of my
> $500 da Vinci by xyz printing. If you or your friend is stuck with the
> Dremel than definitely keep an eye out for custom firmware.
>
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Thanks for the responses on this.  It did help.  The name of the software
was Simplify3D, I messed that part up.
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