Hey there, I did the tuxedo mod but cut the plate and holes slightly off. The stator is rubbing on the rotor and at this point I just want a plate with holes that I know will align correctly. Does anyone know anyone who is making/selling plates?
As far as I know he's the only one making them. The template is here on the site, or was, if you want to have one cut, but machine time costs money too.Gcextreme’s plates are $155...
Seems steep for a thin metal plate with holes in it... anybody know a more affordable option?
My brother owns an industrial grade 3D printer that prints metal. Additionally, he owns a Glowforge Pro that laser cuts metal up to a certain thickness.If you could get the blueprint, I bet a local community college or high school that offers a metals class would make it for cost + donation to the supply account.
I'm aware that the stock version doesn't, but his does. He's made several items for myself and friends that have been cut out of aluminum and steel and I've watched him do it.Technology is amazing. That being said:
Metal 3d printers are usually a sintering process. I'm not sure I'd trust a sintered "plate" to hold up? What process is used? What are the strength and fatigue charactaristics as compared to stainless sheet? Price per piece?
Glowforge pro cuts metal? Nothing I can find supports that, unless he's replaced the CO2 laser with a fiber one.
I spoke to him earlier and he's going to email me some pics and specs. I'll share those when I get them!"Custom built for him by the owners" well that explains it. XD Would love to see the specs on what kind of laser and how many watts he's pumping through it! (and what gas he's flowing, if any)
Steeper than a crooked drilled stator plate that makes the stator rub...Gcextreme’s plates are $155...
Seems steep for a thin metal plate with holes in it... anybody know a more affordable option?
Hey, Thorn. I didn't forget about ya!"Custom built for him by the owners" well that explains it. XD Would love to see the specs on what kind of laser and how many watts he's pumping through it! (and what gas he's flowing, if any)
Eh, I'm just curious about how what I consider a low quality laser cutter is cranking out metal product. I do hobby-level work on cutters a step up from the glowforge, but incapable of metal. One of my buddies saved a big old industrial laser cutter out of the trash heap, and I've been helping out a little getting it set up, with THIN metal cutting at the edge of it's capabilities, with a tank of oxygen required to give it enough oomph. Just wondered how much power they were able to jam into that little desktop chassis, I don't really care what proprietary controllers, firmware, etc were needed to make it happen. I totally get it if there's a NDA to keep up. Boo on NDAs, but I get it. No reason to try to squeeze info from your friend that he isn't free to share.Hey, Thorn. I didn't forget about ya!
Brandon just got back from his vacation earlier today, and we talked about his GlowForge again.
Here's the good news: A model similar to what they provided him with is eventually going to make it to market.
The bad news: Because of the proprietary nature of his model, he had to sign a waiver or something. A disclosure? Something like that. He asked me why I wanted all this info, because I'd never asked him anything like this before. To which I told him that I belong to this forum and was going to share the info here. He said he'd have to get permission, and he himself is unsure of exactly what specs he could divulge anyway. So, I don't know what else I should ask him for you? If you want to send me your email address, I could have him write to you?
He said to get him a copy of a diagram of that plate with the the thickness and material and he'd make me one.
So let me know what to do, and we'll go from there.
Brandon's not my friend, he's my youngest brother. I wish I had a better answer for ya, but I've been there and seen it working. I wonder if it has to do with the type of laser? I know very little (as you can tell) about this stuff. I'll see what more I can try to glean from him. When you mentioned oxygen, I do remember that he had what looked like a refrigerant canister (or propane canister, you know which one I'm talking about, I'm sure). It might have been o2, but I don't really know.Eh, I'm just curious about how what I consider a low quality laser cutter is cranking out metal product. I do hobby-level work on cutters a step up from the glowforge, but incapable of metal. One of my buddies saved a big old industrial laser cutter out of the trash heap, and I've been helping out a little getting it set up, with THIN metal cutting at the edge of it's capabilities, with a tank of oxygen required to give it enough oomph. Just wondered how much power they were able to jam into that little desktop chassis, I don't really care what proprietary controllers, firmware, etc were needed to make it happen. I totally get it if there's a NDA to keep up. Boo on NDAs, but I get it. No reason to try to squeeze info from your friend that he isn't free to share.
Brother-not-friend. I've got one of those too. (jk)Brandon's not my friend, he's my youngest brother. I wish I had a better answer for ya, but I've been there and seen it working. I wonder if it has to do with the type of laser? I know very little (as you can tell) about this stuff. I'll see what more I can try to glean from him. When you mentioned oxygen, I do remember that he had what looked like a refrigerant canister (or propane canister, you know which one I'm talking about, I'm sure). It might have been o2, but I don't really know.