Since there has been a big push for Fusion 360, I thought i’d share my latest design utilizing it. It’s a magnetically mounted jamming gripper derived from Cornell’s positive displacement jamming gripper paper for print auto ejection use for the multi-tool changer delta printer http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/positive_pressure_gripper The Jamming gripper utilizes granular material, coffee beans in this […]

Overall Effector Update:       Here is an update to the Kinematic attachments to the effector. Previously, the white kinematic attachments were way too short which affected the stability, but increased the load capacity. As that was not necessary, a steeper angle is the better option as stability in the effector is far more […]

Effector Update Here are 6 iterations of the kinematic effector mount left to right.    – The first iteration had very thin vee blocks with a thin outer ring containing the magnets.    – The second iteration had a thicker ring and a solid ceiling to prevent sagging from below.    – The third iteration […]

Another short update regarding the carriages: The original design was switched from a trapezoid stabilizer to a rectangular one, but that still had too much twist on it. I’ve combined the two slightly and created the current iteration. You can see both the carriage and the belt tensioner below: The additional edges increase the ability […]

Quick update on the delta carriage      Just a small update, I removed one of the mounting points as it is not used, only three are. Furthermore, I replaced the trapezoid style stabilizer in favor of a cubic stabilizer. However, there is still some twisting forces when tightening the belt tensioner and will probably […]

       Update on the MK-X Delta Printer I’ve been working on the carriage design for V-Slot rails and the Delta Arm carriage that attaches to the rail carriage. It is still considered an alpha design and I am still in the midst of improving the design, but here are some photos and a […]