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Depowdering can be messy - even with a depowdering station (glove box + vacuum), you still need to clean out the vacuum bag to recycle the powder. On my ZD5 station (came with the Z310+), I added a vortex dust collector from Oneida Air Systems (basically, just a specially designed plastic vortex cre...

I picked up a XP-320, and EPSON has an excellent open-source ESC/P-R driver for it that means I don't have to try to reinvent the wheel for controlling the printhead. Like the 'A5 Powder Bed Printer' http://reprap.org/wiki/A5_Powder_bed_printer , I plan to drive the printer across the top of the pow...

Yes, the HP10 is, sadly, out of production. ALL HAIL LORD E-BAY! Anyhow, the interface to the fast-axis controller (mounted on the slow axis arm) is indeed a serial interface, as the 'SPI' debug pinouts in the below image would indicate. The 'pogo' card is simplicity itself - direct wiring to the po...

Since I had my Z310+ all apart (bi-monthly cleaning), I decided to take some pictures of the pogo card.

I've adjusted my sugar mix, and am getting much better results (and I don't have to remove the scraper): This recipe spreads much more easily than the base powder, so you do not need to remove the scraper blade. However, the easily wetted powdered sugar requires that the saturation level of the deri...

I have a python based slicer...

https://github.com/ezrec/BrundleFab-software

It converts STL into my BrundleFab GCode format, but it translates into an intermediate SVG format, using slic3r to do the brunt of the work.

I will. Expect an email from 'Jason McMullan'.

Had my Z310+ apart, found out how they kept the 12V supply constant - a big ass 2200uf capacitor across the power pogo pins!

Things you should look for: * EPSON patents on the specific printhead you have in your machine (what model, by the way?) * The EPSON service manual for your printer (supposedly available at https://www.tradebit.com/G/manuals/2038-epson - a quick google for 'espon workforce service manual' brought up...

Keep us posted!