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[Adverse Effects]

this is an interesting 3D printer and can be built heaver for CNC milling

now could it be Modified to be a camera gimble



[EDIT]

useing servos

Edited by Adverse Effects, 10 July 2012 - 12:17 AM.

[Felix Da Cat]

yeah this robots can be crazy fast... will be interesting to see an DIY kit or something

[fertito]

Hello,
a friend at my local hackerspace is building one 3D printed, he is doing his first movement...
will keep you tuned

[Quad_Addict]

im sorry i think

this is an interesting 3D printer and can be built heaver for CNC milling

now could it be Modified to be a camera gimble



[EDIT]

useing servos

im sorry i thnk those are the coolest robots i have ever seen and i need to make one!

[DanZ]

My friend has a Replicator made by Makerbot, it is very cool!

[Adverse Effects]

the make bot and ones like them are kind of boring but this type / style is interesting and i dont see why it couldn't be changed a bit in to a camera gimble

[Some Polak]

I've seen one of these full sized at a robotic arm company. They can go so fast as pick and place machines it's crazy! The one that I saw was picking up poker chips off of a conveyor belt at over 250 chips per minute! Precision is there as well. These would not be used for cnc purpouses because getting good vertical hold of the bit while cutting would be interesting, but as a 3d printer, I think that would be awesome! Great find.

[Fuwu]

That first printer seems really well thougt out looks really neat! Things are evolving very fast nowadays

We have a ultimaker here and i must say it's really handy for rapid prototyping. We've been thinking for some time now to make a camera mount with stepper motors but it's kinda difficult :S. No real coding skills :S Dji and photohigher seem to have thougt this out and came up with some really nice gimballs (i think they use stepper motors) but at a very high price
Hopefully someone smart takes one appart and makes it a diy project We'll see....

[Salvo]

That thing is amazing! So, who here can print out the 3D parts to get us all started! I'm in for a set!

[Adverse Effects]

These would not be used for cnc purpouses because getting good vertical hold of the bit while cutting would be interesting,

cnc milling

[Adverse Effects]

That thing is amazing! So, who here can print out the 3D parts to get us all started! I'm in for a set!

you wouldn't print these parts

they are most likely all Ali and steal

[Salvo]

you wouldn't print these parts

they are most likely all Ali and steal

Yeah, I just checked it out on Thingiverse. A few minor parts are 3D printed, but most are standard materials. I wish they were selling a comprehensive kit. I have been shopping around for a 3D printer for some time and none offer the print size and resolution of this one (unless you want to spend 10K). Here is the link if anyone wants it: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17175

[carbo]

Wow, a lot more impressive than my small (and still unfinished) Mendel Prusa.

[fertito]

you wouldn't print these parts

they are most likely all Ali and steal

My friend printed it...


will try to get a picture and warn you when he'll publish it on thingiverse...

[Quad_Addict]

even more amazing, he moves it with wii and it still follows to pick and place easily. wow cool stuff
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http://www.youtube.c...h?v=vxZ5n2tnqOU

[jes1111]

I've been looking recently at the "Canfield Joint" - it's public domain, invented by Dr Stephen Canfield.



http://roboticcanfie....webstarts.com/
http://en.wikipedia..../Canfield_joint

Three rotary actuators - looks pretty simple to make - but it would need some clever mathematics for the control. Interesting possibilities as a camera gimbal since it could correct small translational errors as well as rotational errors.

[fertito]

http://hackaday.com/...ept/#more-79544

[Adverse Effects]

http://hackaday.com/...ept/#more-79544

is that the one your friend printed the parts for?

its creaking like a dry door swinging

[jes1111]

Even more OT - but, dammit, this story breaks your heart! I'd call this "unfair advertising"!

http://www.stratasys...ring-Difference

[Some Polak]

cnc milling
*video*

I stand corrected. I still doubt the precision of the thing, but hell, it works! Good find.