Comments on: Skeinforge UI suggestions http://makerblock.com/2010/06/skeinforge-ui-suggestions/ And I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords Thu, 10 May 2012 21:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MakerBlock http://makerblock.com/2010/06/skeinforge-ui-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 MakerBlock Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:11:35 +0000 http://makerblock.com/?p=1590#comment-1701 That's brilliant! I totally recognize that this doesn't help automation. But, in terms of finding optimal settings on the fly, that's an amazing solution. Do you have a way to find out what the factor from the POT is? That would be useful for later adjusting the actual extrusion rate in Skeinforge. Though, just knowing you need to increase/decrease the extrusion rate a little is still extremely helpful. That’s brilliant! I totally recognize that this doesn’t help automation. But, in terms of finding optimal settings on the fly, that’s an amazing solution. Do you have a way to find out what the factor from the POT is? That would be useful for later adjusting the actual extrusion rate in Skeinforge.

Though, just knowing you need to increase/decrease the extrusion rate a little is still extremely helpful.

]]> By: Erik de Bruijn http://makerblock.com/2010/06/skeinforge-ui-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 Erik de Bruijn Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:47:03 +0000 http://makerblock.com/?p=1590#comment-1700 I use a POT with analog in to adjust the amount of extrusion. My firmware multiplies the the extrusion rate with a factor and reports it on the console. This allows you to quickly adjust for differences in filament thickness and can prevent overfill conditions when you're not properly setup yet. Instant feedback is very useful here. The important thing is that the knobs can also be ignored and a digital setting used, otherwise each file will require tuning. It should be for discovering optimal settings, not for making the process any less automated. I use a POT with analog in to adjust the amount of extrusion. My firmware multiplies the the extrusion rate with a factor and reports it on the console. This allows you to quickly adjust for differences in filament thickness and can prevent overfill conditions when you’re not properly setup yet. Instant feedback is very useful here. The important thing is that the knobs can also be ignored and a digital setting used, otherwise each file will require tuning. It should be for discovering optimal settings, not for making the process any less automated.

]]> By: Sweet PHP script, tragically terrible name | 3D Printer Parts http://makerblock.com/2010/06/skeinforge-ui-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-1695 Sweet PHP script, tragically terrible name | 3D Printer Parts Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:59:35 +0000 http://makerblock.com/?p=1590#comment-1695 [...] The brilliant scheme I came up with (I’m being sarcastic here) was to take those large files and split them up into smaller files of about 3MB each.  This approach was problematic for a number of reasons.  It required me to download a huge file and slice it up into small files between MySQL inserts.  Copying and pasting 25,000 rows at a time was giving my poor laptop fits.  It also meant I had to manipulate the full plaintext MySQL file, rather than a GZipped version.  On top of all of that, I was paranoid that I would accidentally omit a single row and have to start all over again.  In order to overcome the problem of server timeouts, I wrote a script that would load one small file, finish, then call itself again incrementing to the next file to be loaded, LRR. [...] [...] The brilliant scheme I came up with (I’m being sarcastic here) was to take those large files and split them up into smaller files of about 3MB each.  This approach was problematic for a number of reasons.  It required me to download a huge file and slice it up into small files between MySQL inserts.  Copying and pasting 25,000 rows at a time was giving my poor laptop fits.  It also meant I had to manipulate the full plaintext MySQL file, rather than a GZipped version.  On top of all of that, I was paranoid that I would accidentally omit a single row and have to start all over again.  In order to overcome the problem of server timeouts, I wrote a script that would load one small file, finish, then call itself again incrementing to the next file to be loaded, LRR. [...]

]]> By: Sweet PHP script, tragically terrible name | MakerBlock http://makerblock.com/2010/06/skeinforge-ui-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 Sweet PHP script, tragically terrible name | MakerBlock Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:16:59 +0000 http://makerblock.com/?p=1590#comment-1694 [...] The brilliant scheme I came up with (I’m being sarcastic here) was to take those large files and split them up into smaller files of about 3MB each.  This approach was problematic for a number of reasons.  It required me to download a huge file and slice it up into small files between MySQL inserts.  Copying and pasting 25,000 rows at a time was giving my poor laptop fits.  It also meant I had to manipulate the full plaintext MySQL file, rather than a GZipped version.  On top of all of that, I was paranoid that I would accidentally omit a single row and have to start all over again.  In order to overcome the problem of server timeouts, I wrote a script that would load one small file, finish, then call itself again incrementing to the next file to be loaded, LRR. [...] [...] The brilliant scheme I came up with (I’m being sarcastic here) was to take those large files and split them up into smaller files of about 3MB each.  This approach was problematic for a number of reasons.  It required me to download a huge file and slice it up into small files between MySQL inserts.  Copying and pasting 25,000 rows at a time was giving my poor laptop fits.  It also meant I had to manipulate the full plaintext MySQL file, rather than a GZipped version.  On top of all of that, I was paranoid that I would accidentally omit a single row and have to start all over again.  In order to overcome the problem of server timeouts, I wrote a script that would load one small file, finish, then call itself again incrementing to the next file to be loaded, LRR. [...]

]]> By: Uncle Ben had it right | 3D Printer Parts http://makerblock.com/2010/06/skeinforge-ui-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 Uncle Ben had it right | 3D Printer Parts Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:35:59 +0000 http://makerblock.com/?p=1590#comment-1624 [...] Skeinforge UI suggestions [...] [...] Skeinforge UI suggestions [...]

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