RUG/Australia/Melbourne
Place/Time
Place
Most of the current members of the RUG meet up at the Connected Communities Hacker Space. There is nothing stating that you need to be a member of CCHS to be a member of the Melbourne RUG. It's just a convenient meeting place, plus CCHS are also interested in 3D printing and the Reprap project.
Connected Communities Hacker Space (CCHS) is currently run out of a garage, so you need to become a member of the CCHS mailing list and ask politely for details of the location. To become a proper member of CCHS costs AUD $50/year, however mailing list membership is free.
Note: Website is currently Google Groups, so you need to log in to Google to get access - this is changing soon.
Time
The CCHS usually meet every Tuesday (6pm-9pm) with some exceptions, plus one weekend every month - See the CCHS website for more details.
Other Events
It's been suggested that we have a group catch-up sometime in January. No date as yet.
Local Suppliers
CCHS has a list of resources that may also prove useful in addition to the below links.
Mechanical
General
Bearings
Small Parts and Bearings - Located in QLD, but deliver Aus wide.
Fasteners
Cost Less Bolts - Located in Cheltenham and Ringwood.
Rod
All Things Stainless - Located in NSW, but deliver Aus wide.
Cost Less Bolts - Located in Cheltenham and Ringwood.
Fastener Sales - Some of their threaded rod is VERY cheap, but some is off the scale (eg: 316 grade steel will be cheaper than 304 in some cases, etc). Worth a look though.
Inter Alloy Steel - $50 minimum, cheaper over the counter in cash.
Springs
Whelans Springs - May need to place a largeish order
CSW Products - Will sell in small quantities at the door. Currently testing C9 and C20 springs for a wades
Electronics
General
Element14 (was Farnell)
Arduino
Stepper Motors
Nichrome Wire
Dick Smith Electronics Call first, some stores don't sell it.
Members
- Please note
- Criteria for membership is as follows:
- Live or reside in Victoria, Australia (or nearby)
- Add your name to this wiki page
There is no other criteria!
Projects
Current projects that people are working on, broken down by owner:
- Mendel : Construction finished, but issues with the hot end (seems to be fixed but not fully tested). About to start the commissioning/calibration stage. Using Arduino Mega/RAMPS design.
- WolfStrap/Repstrap : Axes done. Stepper and belts mounted. Building electronics. Extruder has arrived, thanks Kliment Using Arduino Mega/RAMPS design.
- CCHS
- Mendel : Assembling of printed and electronic parts for construction. CCHS has access to a Makerbot Cupcake, and has been steadily producing parts. A number of CCHS members have donated other parts (circuit boards, electronic components, rods/fasteners, etc). Plan is currently to use an Arduino Mega/RAMPS design due to the components that have been donated (now partially constructed). Cefiar is currently the team leader for this project at CCHS. Details of the project also maintained on the CCHS 3DPrinting page.
- Mendel : Frame and custom electronics built, currently developing comms protocol for the USB-based firmware. Maintaning a build blog as I go along.
- Huxley : Parts arrived, cleaned. Rod/Hardware collected. Building has started. Electronice finshed but not tested. Waiting on motor and driver boards.
- SAE Prusa : Rods/Hardware collected. Electronics built but not tested. Project on hold till Huxley is built so SAE Prusa parts can be printed. Still collecting parts.
- LaserCut Mendel : Purchased, built, set to work and improved with self-printed parts.
- Broken Heart Gear Cluster : Printed the first version. Making improvements for a better one. Looking for someone to improve the model of the heart shape.
- Kinetic Horse : This looks awesome and I want to print one. Just looking into mechanical linkage design at this stage.
- Heater Block For Glass Nozzle : Now that I have made a heater block that looks like it will work i'm designing a Wades that this will mount to.
- Mendel : Parts on order. Using the Arduino Mega/RAMPS design and most likely polyurethane cast plastic parts.
- GranuleExtruder : Have attempted to construct a HDPE granular extruder using an auger drill bit. More info on this build blog
- Is currently designing and building a new repstrap named the Gunstrap
- Big Mendel : Think of a Mendel that is over 3ft per triangle side and using M12 rod. That's what he's building. Frame is assembled.
- Old Tile Hot End : Trying old tiles in place of PEEK on the new thermal barrier.
- LaserCut Mendel : Started construction of X axis and Extruder.
