Comments on: Running multiple bots from one computer http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/07/running-multiple-bots-from-one-computer/ Robots That Make Things Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: matt http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/07/running-multiple-bots-from-one-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-677 matt Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:45:31 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=407#comment-677 I'm running an iBook G4 with OSX 10.4 and terminal was not liking the (-n) flag. It worked after moving to the folder containing ReplicatorG and executing the following code. (thanks Adam!) ./ReplicatorG.app/Contents/MacOS/ReplicatorG I’m running an iBook G4 with OSX 10.4 and terminal was not liking the (-n) flag.

It worked after moving to the folder containing ReplicatorG and executing the following code. (thanks Adam!)

./ReplicatorG.app/Contents/MacOS/ReplicatorG

]]> By: GadgetMerc http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/07/running-multiple-bots-from-one-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-344 GadgetMerc Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:28:29 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=407#comment-344 Hey, I have an idea that I think might help you out a bit. What if you made a reprap that had large bed that you could place a few stationary extruders over head. So make the bed large enough to make 12 pulleys then have 12 extruders that are in a fix position. If the next batch you only need 10 then dont power up two of the extruders. That way you only have one reprap running but it can make multiple parts. If you then need to print out somehting larger then just use less extruders but with more spacing between them. Imagine a reprap with a bed the size of a sheet of plywood printing out 32 pulleys at a time it takes you to currently print one. Now I know mass production might be out of scope of your goals, but it would be frak'n sweet! If you interested, let me know. I think I have most of the kinks worked out in my head already. Hey,

I have an idea that I think might help you out a bit. What if you made a reprap that had large bed that you could place a few stationary extruders over head. So make the bed large enough to make 12 pulleys then have 12 extruders that are in a fix position. If the next batch you only need 10 then dont power up two of the extruders. That way you only have one reprap running but it can make multiple parts. If you then need to print out somehting larger then just use less extruders but with more spacing between them.

Imagine a reprap with a bed the size of a sheet of plywood printing out 32 pulleys at a time it takes you to currently print one.

Now I know mass production might be out of scope of your goals, but it would be frak’n sweet! If you interested, let me know. I think I have most of the kinks worked out in my head already.

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