We have finished assembling the Metal Maker in the shop and have started installing the electrical into the electrical box. The software is also moving forward and we will soon have a fully working printer. Below are some pictures of the mechanical and electrical systems at their various stages of completion. I will be uploading some videos soon.
We have finished most of the machining now and are working on assembling the Metal Maker. On of the axis is now completely assembled and has been hooked up to a stepper motor. We will post a video of the axis moving soon. The following in the assembled axis.
The electrical is moving along with the motors connected to the two TinyGs and we are now working on getting a PCB layout done for interface with the sensors.
The electrical side of the Metal Maker is coming along well. One tinyG is connected to all the major axis motors as well as limit switches for homing. We have introduced the Raspberry Pi to the tinyG so that the Raspberry Pi can now be the main control and we have succeeded in controlling the motors over Wifi. Here is a picture of the electrical set-up right now.
The team has been spending a lot of time on the mechanical side of things as well. Most week days the team is in the machine shop at the University of Waterloo, however we are just waiting on material now from the school to finish. Here is a picture of the first axis finished.
