Filament sensor on 3D printer with Replicape
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Filament sensor on 3D printer with Replicape

Increased reliability with a filament sensor One of the most annoying things that can happen when printing with 3D-printers is running out of filament or a filament jam. Both are almost unavoidable. There is no infinite filament (yet) and even the best filament manufacturers some times end up with foreign objects in their plastic batches….

Get Quad extruders for Replicape by adding Reach
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Get Quad extruders for Replicape by adding Reach

I’ve finally gotten around to testing the Reach A0 add-on board for Replicape A4A. This is a board that adds three more extruders to the two extruders that come with Replicape, for a total of five extruders. Any axis can also be configured in slave mode, in case you have multiple steppers pr. axis. The…

A trip to the Shenzhen factory: How Replicape is made

A trip to the Shenzhen factory: How Replicape is made

In December, I made a trip to Shenzhen, the city where “all” electronics is being manufactured. The purpose of the trip was to give an insight into how the Replicape (and Manga Screen) is being manufactured. The video became the basis for update #5 in the Kickstarter for Replicape, so there is an intro and…