Hi Jchaplain123.
My email address is: antonio_asaro@hotmail.com
Appreciate it!!
Thanks!!
I’ll check around then.
Too bad, really.
I have an uno sitting around that I was using to control an xy plotter. Was planning to use that as my sand bot 'til I read about Rob’s design. (right side of picture).
And a bunch of esp8266 controlling a servo, leds, oled display, other sensors … that I’m using with HomeAssistant on a Raspberry Pi. (top of picture).
The 3D printed parts for Rob’s design are in the photo too (left side of picture).
So, if I don’t care about speed OR if I hardcode an image, are you saying that the esp8266 just won’t cut it?
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I don’t think it will have enough outputs, and I don’t think it will work well if you include the web server. But I could be wrong.
Hello Antonio,
I uploaded the .stl files that I made mods to. They fit Rob’s 400mm sand machine RD file mods for idler and hall effect sensors
Hi Eric,
Got 'em. Thanks very much!!
Can you tell me about your hardware set up?
ESP32, stepper drivers …
Have you seen the board Mike is cooking up?
I used
3D Printer Kit RAMPS 1.4+Mega2560+A4988+2004 LCD Controller For Reprap. @$30 ebay
And the suggested V1 cnc marlin firmware
My progress, I started to make the housing but wanted to test sand materials. This is the chinchilla dust bath from pet store. I like the results. It is a little messy.
I am using plexiglass and the static may be an issue on the top cover.
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I added vibration dampers to the steppers, Made a big difference. Waiting for silent drivers to help more.
Mods to the magnet to reduce drag. It works well . Less drag noise. But the sand crunch is still there. I’m thinking of covering with bed with fabric as read in prior posts.
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The detail inside the overlapping curves is very cool. Nice work.
Thanks, I spent the effort and “shimmed” the play out of the printed parts and belts tight.
I’m pleased with everything so far.
Thank you Jeff for your efforts and guidance. It took a bit of figuring to use your code to convert gcode. But I got it. And works great!
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Looks really good. Nice work! 
That belt tensioner looks interesting.
Can you send me a link to that part so I can also print that one for my machine?
Thanks
Thanks for checking in and you help!
I added a few mods in my github, readme has some details.
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Hello @jeffeb3
Any chance to see soon a scara output in Sandify?
If yes is it possible to add a paramètre for home offset? In your transformation code, I add a home offset of 1.5 and -1.5 to have the home with ball centre…?
Thanks for your work!
It will probably be in the next release, but I honestly take my time with those. I am not sure how soon it will happen.
Why not just add that to the pre gcode:
G28 X
G92 X1.5
Greetings!
Just signed up to say hello! I’ve wanted to build a Theta type sand printer for awhile. I have parts on order for a square one first.
So, is there any open source firmware that can take Theta Rho files instead of gcode> I’m pretty sure Sisyphus is closed source on the firmware.
PS, I’ve run Marlind an GRBL on an ESP32. Love accessing via my cell phone with the Web interface.
Thanks
Max
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Sandify.org can import thr and export XY gcode. We use it on the zenxy (and a new version is in beta).
Just a quick question.
What force do your magnets have?
Mine has only an adhesive force of 5kg and I think it’s a bit too small.
(Type: Neodym N42)
Soon I’m going to post new pictures and videos of my SandBot as it is nearly finished now.
Thanks
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Hello. I have buy magnets 12mmX4m and has a 3.5Kg force. I have put 2 of those and it’s work well
Hello all. I have a problem and need your help. I try to use a scara with a rectangle table. So in the long the 2 arms cannot work with the full distance to not hit the border. It’s work well for drawing but I have problem during homing. During homing it hurt the frame. I have try to first home x and y in same time, in 2 times but sometime it hurt the border. any Idea to make the homing it this case?