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<div>That's great news guys!</div>
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<div>I saw something cool the other day and it gave me an idea, would I be correct to guess this means we have/will have a spare hot end and electronics for a printer with single extruder?</div>
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<div>Justin, have we got posters designed already and where can I get them if they are?</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 8px; ">No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.</span><br>
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<div>From: Justin Mitchell <justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk></div>
<div>Date:17/03/2015 11:29 (GMT+00:00) </div>
<div>To: hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] 3D Printer </div>
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<div class="PlainText">On Tue, 2015-03-17 at 11:06 +0000, Neil Jones wrote:<br>
> On 17/03/15 10:41, Tim Clark wrote:<br>
> > Hi all,<br>
> > I am pleased to announce that as of last night the 3D printer <br>
> > should now be back in action.<br>
> > It still needs some calibrating and fine tuning to get the best <br>
> > results out of it, but I this was probably the case before it broke so <br>
> > it shouldn't be worse than before. The only noticeable difference is <br>
> > the jog and homing speed which requires a little tweaking in the <br>
> > firmware as its rather slow at the moment.<br>
> ><br>
> > Tim<br>
> Really Excellent news Tim, Thanks for all the hard work.<br>
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> Am I correct in assuming that this is the new board, but that the other <br>
> parts of the upgrade are not yet ready?<br>
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There was a bit of a chicken and egg situation there, in order to fit<br>
the (afaik complete) 2nd extruder we need to print a new style of<br>
x-carriage to fit it to, as the existing one can only take smaller<br>
bowden type extruders. so the printer had to be made to work with the<br>
old carriage first.<br>
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But the repairs have meant that the electronics have been upgraded, so<br>
it should be "just" the mechanical mountings that need to be done now.<br>
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