In the discussion of how to make maslow more approachable there has been a lot of discussion of it being a kit. I just wanted to put in that It is a really good kit. it took me and my kids only a day to put it together complete. There are rough edges and things that can be tuned but the kit itself is great. It took another day to make the frame but then I was up and running.
I really appreciate the simplicity of the design and parts on the maslow. I have been trying to finally get my early 15 year old diy cnc kit up and running with a fluid board (corgi) and just the sheer number of wires required to make it work is nuts. It look about 2 to 3 days to assemble the motors and frame (including drilling and tapping frame parts) and now I am working on day 4 of wiring. I know that the way that I am working with leftover stuff and odd things is ragebait for some people but even if I were buying standard parts (gets expensive fast) it would still require soo much planning and wiring. I have 30 wires or so coming off the motors spindles and sensors, those go to 5 motor controllers that then each need two power and 5 control wires and then the computer and the power supplies (3). This is for a kit that came in about the same state as maslow does. loose motors, control boards, bearings and belts.
Also making jst connectors is very frustrating. Making ethernet cables is fun and fast. I will make some jst’s for my maslow mods eventually but not having fun now. I recommend buying them if you need more.
Anyway. having tried the competition the maslow kit is pretty amazing.
Also all of the work that dlang and IanB and Bar and earlier folk do on the software is so appreciated. I have not yet even approached building the fluid software part yet. it is not nearly as user friendly. I appreciate it is amazing opensource, but the UI for the maslow is so much better.
That is really good to hear. I know that we focus a lot on how we can improve (because that is where we can do work), but it is also good to reflect on how much we have accomplished
I’m in the same boat right now. Having used a maslow from the forst batch for a long time, last week one of the motors died. everything else is ‘well worn’ as well so it’s time for the next cnc.
I’m planning a mpcnc i’m getting the same vibe community wise and for around 500 euro. but the complexity of the build compared to the maslow is crazy. i’ve built my own 3d printers by now, but 10 years ago i wouldn’t have been able to do it.
I did have a learning curve in creating cad files, but the maslow hardware worked out of the box 10 years ago, so i can only imagine it only got better.
I’m planning a mpcnc i’m getting the same vibe community wise and for around
500 euro.
I menatally wrote off the mpcnc a few years ago when the creator asserted
copyright to block others releasing design files for tweaked/remixed parts
do you know if that has changed? I really like the idea of it, but I’d design my
own from scratch rather than participate where the creator blocks users helping
users
No idea if that changed, found an 7 year old video of Thomas Sanladerer having a license discution with the maker of the mpcnc, but i also see mods on thingiverse.
I’m not really up to speed on the open source legal talk, and don’t plan to be. It seems i can build it, it seems cheap and about as reliable as the maslow.
I’m just not making that many full sheet projects any more, and i just found someone that pays me to make ‘speculaas’ cookie molds which went perfectly on the maslow btw. I should really make a maslow wrap up collage when i find the time, made so much fun stuff with it
