Re: [Emc-users] Harmonic Drive

2021-12-21 Thread dave engvall
Soaking the plaster of paris encased part in sodium bicarb in water should dissolve the POP. Use as much bicarb as the weight of the plaster of paris. I'veĀ  not tried this so YMMV. ;-) Dave On 12/21/21 1:34 AM, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: One method of strengthening 3D printed plastic

Re: [Emc-users] Harmonic Drive

2021-12-21 Thread Ralph Stirling
The secret to importing scad files into FreeCAD is to go to the OpenSCAD workbench, click OpenSCAD -> Add OpenSCAD element, paste in the text from the scad file into the dialog box, and click "Add". From then on it is just a FreeCAD model. -- Ralph From: J

Re: [Emc-users] Harmonic Drive

2021-12-21 Thread John Dammeyer
Hey Chris, I suspect that Todd's version of the reduction drive may work. You do have to be able to create two ring gears with different #'s of teeth and 3 planets with two sets of teeth. A small version with a lower module gear size could probably be set up to use stock bearings. CNC is the

Re: [Emc-users] Harmonic Drive

2021-12-21 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
One method of strengthening 3D printed plastic is to pack the item very firmly in very finely ground salt then heat it just the point where the plastic begins to melt. The firm salt keeps the size and shape and the plastic layers melt together more. It only work on parts with 100% infill. Can al