After a little hiccup, I re-ordered some more GM3 gearmotors, except this time, these motors are 12v, instead of the standard motor designed for 6v. This means that they will be more reliable, last longer, and just generally be more awesome. I forgot to get a picture of the new ones, but they [...]
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I’m proud to announce a new board developed by the RRRF today, the Opto Isolator v1.0. It is an opto isolator board which is useful for many things when you want to build safe, noise-free electronics. It has 4 channels of opto isolation and is our first board to use IDC headers. [...]
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I’m pleased to announce that the RRRF is now stocking ABS again. These 5lb coils will be enough to print quite a few things. I only have 20 coils, so get them while they’re hot (and molten!)
This is the same plastic that professional RP machines use, and Nophead has recently had great results [...]
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I recently found and sourced an awesome thermistor: its 100K rather than 10K, which means its alot easier to use in both the PIC and Arduino setups. It is also rated up to 300C, although it can probably only take 250C for long periods of time. Its also cheaper!!! Only $1.50 [...]
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I’ve been a busy bee over here at the RRRF. I’ve got 2 cool new boards that are very useful.
Thermocouple Sensor v1.0
This board provides simple, reliable, accurate, and large range (up to 1300C!) temperature sensing in a small package. It’s perfect for use with an Arduino board, or any other uC with an [...]
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Long time, no post. It’s pretty quiet on the RRRF front. I’m spending most of my time these days working on the actual machine which is a nice change. =) Still wanna get going on kits, but I also want time to actually enjoy building cool robots. Anyway, here’s whats up:
New Product: [...]
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Well, I’m back from my holiday break. I kicked 2008 in with a bang, and I’m ready to start rocking and rolling in 2008. I have big plans and I think things are really going to be awesome in the new year. I finally get back to the lab tonight and I’ll [...]
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Wow. Things have been crazy around here. I finally got caught up on all the orders from the MAKE podcast. I’m very sorry to those whose order was delayed, but that order volume was unprecedented, and I just got swamped. I’ve changed the software around to take quantity into account, so [...]
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I’m looking for a machinist to make some of the parts for the extruder kit. More information is on the builders blog. I need your help in finding the best price… because it will help everyone!
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Wow. What an awesome vacation! I went to Florida with my girlfriend to relax with my friend Mike. While I was away, MAKE featured a podcast about RepRap!! That was really awesome, and I’m very glad they did that, but I got about 30 orders while I was 500+ miles [...]
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