RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
Feedback and testimonials are certainly appreciated, cherished, even. 😉
But I'm more asking about first impressions. Having recently watched Zac Friedman's keynote at RMRRF, I realized I could make some improvements to help that first impression a little bit. At the same time, I know that it's hard to beat brute force advertising, which I hate as much as the next guy, so don't want to be spammy. More impressions converting to clicks. 🙂 Short of getting lucky with another Feature tag, or big influencer showing one off, I feel like there's got to be something more I can do, or change.
RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
I will give you m impressions etc. I actually designed and built something similar, but I decided yours was better, which was why I bought it in the 1st place.
RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
I will give you m impressions etc. I actually designed and built something similar, but I decided yours was better, which was why I bought it in the 1st place.
Someone commented on the Printables page that they had gotten the Blurolls kit and the motor was rated for 31.5V and would not turn for a 9v battery. I'm hoping that's a fluke, so please let me know if yours is the right motor or not, when you have a moment to check.
RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
I just looked at my kits, which I haven't got around to building yet. The motors are both 31.5v there is a dc to do converter from 24v to 12v. A bit of a worry?
RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
I just looked at my kits, which I haven't got around to building yet. The motors are both 31.5v there is a dc to do converter from 24v to 12v. A bit of a worry?
Probably not in your case. The 12v is probably within the operating range of the motor, and the converter will probable be able to provide more amps than a 9v battery, so you're probably OK, but I can't be sure. If you could tap a 9v to the motor terminals, just to see if it will spin, that'd be super. TIA!
RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
The motor spins right down to 5v. At 5v, i still can't stop it with my fingers. the speed varies with voltage - quite slow at 5v
RE: SideKick, the Prusa XL Filament Loader (from the Bowden Speed Loader guy!)
The motor spins right down to 5v. At 5v, i still can't stop it with my fingers. the speed varies with voltage - quite slow at 5v
That's to be expected with external power. My concern is that a 9V doesn't have the amps to get it going.