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  1. Arbutus

    rotary table and the number of slots

    No slots! I made this table from an 9" x 1" cast iron disk with the tooling holes on a 20x20mm grid. I find this to be much more versatile than the traditional T slots. These use M6 screws and all the fittings can be used on all my machines. I can easily attach a small vice, squares and...
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    New printer

    What is happening here are small bits of filament that drop off and add to the surface. On the P1S (X1 too) you should enable the Prime Tower. Now if you don't have an AMS, then after enabling Prime Tower, select with the dropdown, Timelapse - SMOOTH. This will force the tower and remove most...
  3. Arbutus

    Label maker - do you have a recommendation?

    The DYMO tapes are also a plastic film with decent adhesive. I haven't had any difficulty removing them at all.
  4. Arbutus

    Prusa core one

    Plain ordinary PLA is brittle, yet quite stiff. PLA+ or PLA Professional is less brittle, and it will deform slightly before fracturing which seems to make it "stronger". For sections like the one you show there, the print orientation - i.e. the layer direction vs. the strain direction is...
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    Label maker - do you have a recommendation?

    Well its a tube that shrinks that you can print on first...
  6. Arbutus

    Label maker - do you have a recommendation?

    This is my third or fourth label printer and it seems to be much more rugged than the Brother equivalents. Decent sized keyboard and a good selection of fonts and styles. It has preset styles for wiring tags, breakers, flags, etc. I bought this specifically because there are shrink tube...
  7. Arbutus

    Prusa core one

    Well, I bought a Bambu P1S 2 weeks ago (after my Ender threw a final hissy fit) and I have to say it is a very impressive piece of kit for $890 including taxes & delivery. I bought the plain jane version without the multi-filament feeder (called the AMS) since I have no interest in the extra...
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    Schematics and Circuit Board layout with Fusion 360

    0.4mm :
  9. Arbutus

    Why no ground wire?

    The absence of a ground wire in older electric motors, whether single-phase or three-phase, is largely due to the evolution of electrical safety standards over the past several decades. Many motors built more than 30 years ago were designed before modern grounding requirements were widely...
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    Schematics and Circuit Board layout with Fusion 360

    Here's a photo walkthrough of how I use a stencil to set the solder paste... This is a laser cut stainless steel stencil, but mylar is a less expensive option. The squeegee is a credit card. You only need a tiny amount of paste, and it is quite sticky so the tiny parts tend to stay in...
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