Re the Pi4 offer, sadly the octopi build I have in mind is not yet compatible with that Pi version. There are beta's but they have some glitches I think.
Cheers, Nordin On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 12:42, S Davidson <s.g.david...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you're willing to wait a bit I'll get a pi4 for the space. If people are > willing to donate. I will be able to get a higher ram edition > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2019, 12:34 Edward Watson, <m...@edwardwatson.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> Earlier this month a number of space folk banded together to collect >> donations for a new space 3D printer. The printer, a Lulzbot Mini 1, >> was offered at a very good discount albeit over a tight window of >> opportunity. Anyhew, it was funded pretty quickly, brought and >> delivered over the weekend. I was asked to help set it up once it has >> arrived and I finished initial setup yesterday. As a bonus, it seems >> to have arrived with spools of assorted colour 3mm filament also. >> >> Currently, a laptop is needed to operate the printer via USB but we'll >> add a wifi-accessible webgui via a RasPi at some point soon. In the >> meantime, users can print from the Dell netbook setup next to the >> printer or their own laptop with the Lulzbot software. The software is >> on a USB stick next to the printer and is pretty user friendly. A >> wikipage has been made-up to serve as a shared reference point [1]. >> Users should feel free to update the page as they find the need. For >> now I have fitted the sample length of 3mm lime green filament over a >> 'host spool' for testing which only has a few meters left. The host >> spool is labelled UV-purple (thats white with a UV colour change to >> purple!) so thats the default next colour after the sample runs out. >> We have the most of UV purple spools (3 overall), plus light and dark >> greens (x2), pink, blue and UV red. We should aim to keep these >> air-sealed as long as possible to keep moisture out of the material. >> >> The print quality is very good and combined with the reliability the >> Lulzbot printers are known for, it should make 3D printing more >> accessible to all. >> >> Cheers, >> Nordin >> >> P.S. if anyone has a spare microSD card or an edimax nano wifi dongle >> to donate to the cause, please ping me; its for the Pi-powered webgui. >> I have a Pi v2B but only have 2GB cards which are too small for the >> Octopi build. >> >> [1] https://wiki.57north.org.uk/index.php/Projects:LulzBot_Mini_3D_Printer >> 57North Hacklab Ltd. is a company registered in Scotland (No. SC470230). >> 57North and 57North Hacklab are trading names of 57North Hacklab Ltd. >> _______________________________________________ >> 57north-announce mailing list >> 57north-annou...@lists.57north.co >> http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-announce > > _______________________________________________ > 57north-discuss mailing list > 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss _______________________________________________ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
