**updated Dec/1/19 – Forum, New instruction site. OctoPrint, CNC.js, Raspberry Pi, CNC control from your phone… any of those pique your interest? It has never been this easy to try them out. Jeffeb3 (El Heffe) has taken it to the next level of ease, v1pi....
Time to finally move the forums to another server, another software package, and some back end management. We will have a ton of new features and hopefully a less spammy and buggy experience. I think I have done all I could by myself with bbPress, buddy press, and...
After a lot of hard work we now have Community Documentation! What does that mean and how is it different, you ask. This allows you to help out if you want! You no longer need to wait for me to update things or fix my sepelllling or grammar mistakes. You can edit a...
There is an embroidered hat option now The shirts and a few others are available in Men, Women, and Youth sizes. Multiple color and style options available for each design. For the largest number of options, styles, sizes and colors, TeeSpring. They ship domestic and...
4 years This little crew of creators has been growing strong for four years. It does not feel like four years to me until I stop and think about all the cool things we have done in that time. Looking back at just the three year update we had just started to get the...
The next two weeks I will be trying to smoothly transition the business and my life to a slightly bigger space about an hour away. Moving out of the heart of the Bay Area to slightly further east where things are a little bigger and less expensive. I am going to focus...
If you bought a bundle or electronics board from this site, this is already done. Firmware Firmware is the program or software “embedded/burned” into the electronics board, this is what translates the gcode into motion in the stepper motors. ...
Updated Parts! I would like to introduce you to the new “Burly” parts. It has been more than 2 years since the “525” (5/25/16) parts were released and I am very excited as I have been toying around with these ideas ever since. No new hardware...
The LowRider2 CNC This is my revised version of a CNC router that can handle full sheet material! Of course you can go smaller. If the MPCNC is not big enough for you this picks up where that left off. Both versions are now live, links on the main pages....
Alex has been working on his Piper printer idea for a little while, here is his thread. His recent trip to the East Coast Rep Rap Festival with it got him a nice piece on Hackaday. Being partially inspired by the MPCNC it uses conduit and can be made to any size...
Update 6/23/18 MPCNC in the Fashion world….Yup…amazing. UPDATE 10/13/17 Omri Bigetz has shared a slice of his magical Gcode with us. You can plot out a genuine piece of art, and it is amazing to watch almost as if you are watching a person control the...
Ed and Tom are at it again! Three new articles pertaining to the Mostly Printed CNC, in two separate magazines.These guys have a passion for sharing, and I am just lucky enough to have them interested in my CNC platform. I absolutely love they way both of these...
The Midwest Rep Rap Festival was amazing. I didn’t get to see too much, instead I hung out and talked with so many cool people instead. Ron saved me a place to set up Friday afternoon and Barry showed up on Saturday with a bunch of his projects. Thank you both...
It is finally here, two years later, a new foot. Why, this one is better. Why is it better, more rigid and easy to adjust. Use some number 6 or equivalent screws and washers to hold them down. There are slotted and oversized holes so you can move them around to get...
3 years…3 amazing years. I still get up excited to do what I do. I still don’t know what to call it. I tell my friends I have to get some work done…even though it usually does not feel like work. I work longer hours and more days than ever before in...
The current March 2018 issue of Circuit Cellar has a very informative article in it. Ed Nisley did an in depth look at steppers and drivers. If you have ever been lost as to what effect speed and step rate have on your steppers this should clear it up. This really...
Dui!!!!! You are an animal! Water cooled hot end, Plasma table / faraday mod, lost PLA cast aluminum parts….. HACKADAY The actual Instructables link. Dui’s forum thread Link.
The new edition of Digital Machinist is out, Volume 12 No.4 Winter 2017. Mr. Ed Nisely has a six page article in there. That article is six glorious pages all about the MPCNC!!!!! I am a subscriber, but my magazine isn’t here yet. I drove 45 minutes to the...
Who doesn’t need another printer??? Filling in the details slowly, https://www.v1engineering.com/projects/project-3d-printer/ MP3DP -V2- This is my take on a Prusa I3, with a CNC mill friendly frame. This is my MP3DP -V2- Milled/Printed 3D Printer Version 2. ...
I have seen Mr. Nisely’s blog “The Smell of Molten Projects In The Morning” a few times now. Just this evening I followed a twitter link and ended up there again. Each time I get lost in the rabbit hole of impressive work, detailed notes, and writing...
Basics The Dual EndStop firmware update enables unprecedented precision more easily than ever before. Since day one I have never encouraged endstops be used, until now. The Mostly Printed CNC and LowRider CNC are unique in the fact that two of the axes are powered at...
