Re: Quantum ORD Alternative
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:29 am
Dang, some people just can't follow instructions.
I'd guess that your arrangement with the vertical MakerSlide rotated 90 degrees would result in a weaker frame as the X axis is zipping back and forth, but more beefy corner brackets and the general over design of the stout aluminum extrusion is still overkill. Similarly, the extrusion head mass on the gantry cantilevered farther out in space is inherently a weaker design, but again, aluminum extrusion is a helluva drug, so you'll probably be OK. It does look more compact and space saving. I'm anxious to see a video of it running, and read your impressions of how well it works, and whether there were any problems resulting from your coloring outside the lines.
Nice manual hacking on aluminum with hand tools. Ugh. Glad I'm not doing that. I'd have definitely drilled the holes for the NEMA 17 and not gone fancy and made the NEMA 17 to NEMA 23 slots unless I was fairly certain I'd be upgrading to NEMA 23 motors. That's a lot of extra fabrication by hand, presumably with no extra gain if you're only using NEMA 17 motors.
The rest of my Hadron parts should be here this week. We'll see if I can resist the urge to redesign it once I'm staring at the parts. At least for now, my goal is to stay as close to the design intent as I can, given the fact that I was forced to scrounge for parts and do some fabricating of my own.
I'd guess that your arrangement with the vertical MakerSlide rotated 90 degrees would result in a weaker frame as the X axis is zipping back and forth, but more beefy corner brackets and the general over design of the stout aluminum extrusion is still overkill. Similarly, the extrusion head mass on the gantry cantilevered farther out in space is inherently a weaker design, but again, aluminum extrusion is a helluva drug, so you'll probably be OK. It does look more compact and space saving. I'm anxious to see a video of it running, and read your impressions of how well it works, and whether there were any problems resulting from your coloring outside the lines.
Nice manual hacking on aluminum with hand tools. Ugh. Glad I'm not doing that. I'd have definitely drilled the holes for the NEMA 17 and not gone fancy and made the NEMA 17 to NEMA 23 slots unless I was fairly certain I'd be upgrading to NEMA 23 motors. That's a lot of extra fabrication by hand, presumably with no extra gain if you're only using NEMA 17 motors.
The rest of my Hadron parts should be here this week. We'll see if I can resist the urge to redesign it once I'm staring at the parts. At least for now, my goal is to stay as close to the design intent as I can, given the fact that I was forced to scrounge for parts and do some fabricating of my own.