Month: March 2017

Dishwasher as enclosure update

I posted awhile back asking if it was a crazy idea to use an old dishwasher as an enclosure, I’ve got it mostly set up now and I think it’s going to work pretty good, though I’m a little short on the height and will need to print a lower spool holder, or maybe design a way to have the filament feed down through a hold in the top of the enclosure. Here’s my initial fit test. Once I get the spool height figured out, I’m going to build a rolling drawer, or maybe just a board that slides out with a handle depending on how fancy I want to get so the printer is easier to access for removing prints and such. I would like to move the lcd/controls into the dishwasher door control panel, but I’ll have to see if I can get ribbon cables that long to work(probably about 3-4 feet).I’ve got octoprint set up with a pi3 mounted in the control panel of the door. The lights are controllable remotely via octoprint and the pi camera will be mounted onto the print bed once I can get a mount printed.I finally got my mk2 this week and got it fully assembled last night. It shipped the day before they started the Mk2s model so I was a little bummed, but turns out it was the S model when it arrived! Also of note, someone was asking in a post why Prusa doesn’t injection mold their parts, turns out they are, my spool holder arms are injection molded. http://ift.tt/2mRLR94

Is OctoPi worth it?

Is it worth the trouble? Monitoring an ongoing print remotely seems pretty handy. Have you guys had a lot of success with it?I have very limited experience using Arduino, but I do have a basic understanding. Since I am stuck waiting for an Original Prusa, I was considering ordering a Raspberry Pi and getting a little printer camera set up. http://ift.tt/2ngYrkY