Printer head for a mill

[JustinO]

I'm intereste d in making a 3D printer head for my Sherline mill. I know this is not optimal for 3D printing, but I plan on doing some cylindric al, spherical, and other complex motion printing and am not concerned with speed.

Has anyone here done this or know where there is info?

Thanks.

[ArtF]

Justin:

  I have heard of this being done, Ive even considere d it myself. Id search the 3d printing forums for
some liek cnc 3d print mod or addon..I imagine somelpace they have such a thing. I hear theres
a mach3 plugin to control the head...

Art

[danmauch]

 I wrote an article for the Digital Machinist Magazine about how to retrofit an existing cnc machine to do 3d printing. It explains everythin g you will need to know.  It was published in the Summer edition. If you go online to the digital machinist magazine web site http://www.digitalmachinist.net/downloads you can get a copy.
While my machine wasn't a Sherline the concept behind it is the same. I've attached a picture of the cover of the magazine.
Dan Mauch
20th Anniversa ry in CNC
www.camtr onics-cnc.com
dmauch@camtronics-cnc.com

I'm intereste d in making a 3D printer head for my Sherline mill. I know this is not optimal for 3D printing, but I plan on doing some cylindric al, spherical, and other complex motion printing and am not concerned with speed.

Has anyone here done this or know where there is info?

Thanks.

[dansfoundry]

Here is the addon for Mach3  http://cnc2printer3d.wordpress.com/software/    Looks like I'll have to do it now that it is a MACH controlle d printer. Not sure what I will print but I can't resist :>) Dan

[danmauch]

Here is the addon for Mach3  http://cnc2printer3d.wordpress.com/software/    Looks like I'll have to do it now that it is a MACH controlle d printer. Not sure what I will print but I can't resist :>) Dan

I used Nuri's thermosta tic controlle r with PID for my machine. And yes I used his interface but ran into some issues. I then created a new mach3.xml file just for my printer and it works great.
Dan Mauch
www.camtr onics-cnc.com

[dansfoundry]

Thanks Dan for the article, very informati ve and thanks for the xml file. I will now print something .   Dan Keith