That's a very interesting design. I have never seen a 3d printer move like that before. The motors in the columns have to lift up and down just to keep the print head in the horizontal plane. <span></span><br><br>On Sunday, August 18, 2013, Tux Lab wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Well, if we factor in the deferred cost of buying products made in<br>
non-free countries in term of increased military spending, worsening<br>
world pollution, unfavorable trade deficit, additional unemployment<br>
burden, the consequences of legitimizing authoritarian capitalism, and<br>
so on. Buying parts made in free countries makes my build cheaper :)<br>
<br>
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:49 PM, John Kim <<a>thinkndev@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hey John,<br>
><br>
> Congrats to your friend; they have more funds than they possibly need :-P.<br>
><br>
> I assume you're saying that using free parts makes your build more<br>
> expensive. Doesn't that seem ironic?<br>
><br>
> John Kim<br>
> Student/FOSS Enthusiast<br>
> <a href="http://www.internet-in-a-box.org" target="_blank">www.internet-in-a-box.org</a><br>
> <a>thinkndev@gmail.com</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Aug 17, 2013, at 10:47 PM, Tux Lab <<a>project.tuxlab@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> The link to my friend's kickstart is,<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blueeaglelabs/kossel-clear-lets-build-a-full-sized-delta-3d-prin" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blueeaglelabs/kossel-clear-lets-build-a-full-sized-delta-3d-prin</a><br>
><br>
> Tux-Lab is responsible for the acrylic parts and has a minor stake in the 3d<br>
> printing venture. The printer for SGVLUG/SGVHAK is built on the same frame<br>
> but pushes the "Free as in Freedom" ideology by minimize parts from non-free<br>
> countries. By substituting parts, ie steppers, bearing and etc, I think<br>
> I've already exceeded their kickstarter price by 100%. If I can somehow<br>
> figure out how to generate gerber files for the electronics, I will build a<br>
> few more printers<br>
><br>
> .<br>
><br>
> John<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Lan Dang <<a>l.dang@ymail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> Before I get to the recap, three items.<br>
>><br>
>> 1) There is a Repair Cafe event this Saturday (Aug 17th) from 6-9pm at<br>
>> Arroyo Food Co-op store (494 N. Wilson @Villa in Pasadena). I am not clear<br>
>> if one must RSVP on Meetup in order to attend. I don't think I will be<br>
>> there long, but I promised to bring ice cream. I rather feel like making<br>
>> Nutella ice cream.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena/events/126348712/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena/events/126348712/</a><br>
>><br>
>> 2) The next HAK meeting is Saturday, August 24th, from 2-6pm at Hastings<br>
>> Branch Library (3325 East Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91107). I<br>
>> will send out another reminder closer to the date. Let me know if you're<br>
>> planning any kind of show and tell or workathon so I can publicize it.<br>
>><br>
>> 3) In the future, let's start the Thursday meetings at 6:30pm. That will<br>
>> give Dave enough time to finish his work before we descend on him. Most of<br>
>> us can't get there till around that time anyway.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> RECAP:<br>
>><br>
>> As usual, it was a fun HAK meeting. We had a larger than normal turnout<br>
>> since we had folks who hadn't come to Dave's shop (or any HAK meeting)<br>
>> before as well as folks we hadn't seen in months.<br>
>><br>
>> I think we hit a peak of 15 people at the shop, of which 10 stayed to the<br>
>> end and came to dinner. Carmine's on Live Oak seems to be our place now,<br>
>> and the wait staff has noticed our regular attendance.<br>
>><br>
>> There was a lot of activity. Dave was still working on something for work.<br>
>> Adam and John K. were working on installing packages on Dave's new Linux<br>
>> computer. John W. had another 3D printer kit he was assembling. I don't<br>
>> remember if he has posted a link to his friend's Kickstarter. Braddock and<br>
>> Joel and John K. worked on Internet-in-a-Box. Mic was doing another<br>
>> lockpicking workshop. Thanks to Homan's advice and memories of Mic's LUG<br>
>> presentation, I was able to pick 3 or 4 locks in quick succession. I<br>
>> hadn't<br>
>> realized that you *barely* want to put any tension on the lock.<br>
>><br>
>> I brought a cooler with dry ice and several different ice creams. There<br>
>> were Klondike bars, Skinny Cow sandwiches, homemade peach ice cream, a<br>
>> homemade mango-passion-fruit yogurt mousse. I had the beginnings of a<br>
>> cantaloupe sorbet.<br>
>><br>
>> We did indeed make ice cream using a cryogenic bath of dry ice and vodka.<br>
>> The inspiration for this</blockquote>