Hi Folks. Just wanted to apologise for making promises to share files or designs and then failing to do so - I’m super busy at work right now and I had my CAD PC died so I couldn’t get Rhino fired up to export the relevant files. I’ve invested in a grunty 15" Macbook pro with VMware so I’ve got Rhino going again. As soon as I get the chance I’ll export all of my finished or work in progress designs to IGES/STEP and put them on Google drive.
@Sonex128 @Eclsnowman @Jarred_Baines
No rush. I would hate to think how long it would take me to get back online after a crash. My cad station is also my server and has 12 x 2tb hard drives in raid 6 and 4 ssd’s in raid 10. The initialization alone would kill me while waiting.
So are the build instructions still good on the website or are there updated ones? I’m excited for this thing.
@Eclsnowman jesus Eric. Apart from the crazy costs, how much storage do you need? What are you doing with such a beast?
Very good, I want to start over and I’m always in search of new features derived from Tantillus embrace.
@Mike_Brown the build instructions for Ingentis are still valid but I’d recommend the Eustathios design @Eclsnowman is following as it builds on the core concept of Ingentis with several improvements. The Ingentis belt drive produces lovely consistent layers, so I can’t quite recommend lead screws instead but they have the advantage of not letting the bed drop if the motor cuts out.
@Tim_Rastall I am the storage center for friends & family through crashplan (free peer to peer). Then I payed $130 for 4 years of crashplan hosted so it all backs up off site. I am kind of a collector so I have everything I ever downloaded since 1998. And I am a sucker for solid backups.
I have my server in raid, backup critical info to an onsite NAS, then redundant backup off site. You might describe me as neurotic on backup 
Heh, I actually downloaded a pirated version of Solidworks last night, and turns out it won’t install on a Non-SP1 pirated version of Windows 7…hah! Was gonna shorten those printed pieces, but instead I just borrowed some bolts from DM
Take your time.
Pfft - not good enough @Tim_Rastall !
Nah no pressure mate, so busy right now it takes me a week or so to even read my G+ notifications!
Sorry to hear bout the laptop - I’m really getting nervous about my NAS at home which has everything I’ve ever done on it, it’s probably time to take a page from @Eclsnowman 's book!
Good luck with the rescue operation Tim!