skeinforge_tools.craft_plugins.chamber ($Date: 2008/21/04 $) | index /home/enrique/Desktop/backup/babbleold/script/reprap/pyRepRap/skeinforge_tools/craft_plugins/chamber.py |
Some filaments warp too much and to prevent this you have to print the object in a temperature regulated chamber or on a temperature regulated bed. The chamber tool allows you to control the bed and chamber temperature.
The chamber manual page is at:
http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/wiki/index.php?title=Skeinforge_Chamber
Operation
Settings
Bed Temperature
Chamber Temperature
Holding Force
Heated Beds
Bothacker
Domingo
James Villeneuve
Jmil
Kulitorum
Metalab
Nophead
Prusajr
Pumpernickel2
Zaggo
Examples
Operation
The default 'Activate Chamber' checkbox is on. When it is on, the functions described below will work, when it is off, the functions will not be called.
Settings
Bed Temperature
Default is 60C.
Defines the print_bed temperature in Celcius by adding an M115 command.
Chamber Temperature
Default is 30C.
Defines the chamber temperature in Celcius by adding an M116 command.
Holding Force
Default is zero.
Defines the holding force of a mechanism, like a vacuum table or electromagnet, to hold the bed surface or object, by adding an M117 command.
Heated Beds
Bothacker
A resistor heated aluminum plate by Bothacker:
http://bothacker.com
with an article at:
http://bothacker.com/2009/12/18/heated-build-platform/
Domingo
A heated copper build plate by Domingo:
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/
with articles at:
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/first-time-with-pla-testing-it-also-on.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/call-for-helpideas-to-develop-heated.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-heated-build-platform.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-acrylic-and-instead-kapton-tape-on.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/problems-with-heated-build-platform-and.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/perfect-build-platform.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2009/12/almost-no-warp.html
http://casainho-emcrepstrap.blogspot.com/2009/12/heated-base-plate.html
James Villeneuve
A PCB copper heater by James Villeneuve
http://www.thingiverse.com/jamesvilleneuve
with an article at:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1433
Jmil
A heated build stage by jmil, over at:
http://www.hive76.org
with articles at:
http://www.hive76.org/handling-hot-build-surfaces
http://www.hive76.org/heated-build-stage-success
Kulitorum
Kulitorum has made a heated bed. It is a 5mm Alu sheet with a pattern laid out in kapton tape. The wire is a 0.6mm2 Konstantin wire and it's held in place by small pieces of kapton tape. The description and picture is at:
http://gallery.kulitorum.com/main.php?g2_itemId=283
Metalab
A heated base by the Metalab folks:
http://reprap.soup.io
with information at:
http://reprap.soup.io/?search=heated%20base
Nophead
A resistor heated aluminum bed by Nophead:
http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com
with articles at:
http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2010/01/will-it-stick.html
http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2010/01/hot-metal-and-serendipity.html
http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-plastic.html
http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2010/01/hot-bed.html
Prusajr
A resistive wire heated plexiglass plate by prusajr:
http://prusadjs.cz/
with articles at:
http://prusadjs.cz/2010/01/heated-reprap-print-bed-mk2/
http://prusadjs.cz/2009/11/look-ma-no-warping-heated-reprap-print-bed/
Pumpernickel2
A resistor heated aluminum plate by Pumpernickel2:
http://dev.forums.reprap.org/profile.php?14,844
with a picture at:
http://dev.forums.reprap.org/file.php?14,file=1228,filename=heatedplate.jpg
Zaggo
A resistor heated aluminum plate by Zaggo at Pleasant Software:
http://pleasantsoftware.com/developer/3d/
with articles at:
http://pleasantsoftware.com/developer/3d/2009/12/05/raftless/
http://pleasantsoftware.com/developer/3d/2009/11/15/living-in-times-of-warp-free-printing/
http://pleasantsoftware.com/developer/3d/2009/11/12/canned-heat/
Examples
The following examples chamber the file Screw Holder Bottom.stl. The examples are run in a terminal in the folder which contains Screw Holder Bottom.stl and chamber.py.
> python chamber.py
This brings up the chamber dialog.
> python chamber.py Screw Holder Bottom.stl
The chamber tool is parsing the file:
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
..
The chamber tool has created the file:
Screw Holder Bottom_chamber.gcode
> python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 22 2007, 01:43:31)
[GCC 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import chamber
>>> chamber.main()
This brings up the chamber dialog.
>>> chamber.writeOutput( 'Screw Holder Bottom.stl' )
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
The chamber tool is parsing the file:
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
..
The chamber tool has created the file:
Screw Holder Bottom_chamber.gcode
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