So, I’ve stuck the draft design for the Ingentis up on Youmagine as someone was keen to start on their own version. I’ve uploaded the .STEP file for the whole bot and a number of STLs. There are a few .STL components missing from the .STEP as you can’t save meshes in that format.
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/ingentis-a-tantillus-variant#.UlH38Lpd5JA.google_plusone_share
Quick question: You must have had your T-slot cut; did you have someone do it for you? If not, how do you make sure it stays 100% right-angled?
Cut them myself - I have a 12" Metabo compound mitre saw. It’s cutting accuracy is very high. Just bought an Aluminium cutting blade to go in it.
Ah, I have a saw like that (or access to one).
Didn’t realize they made metal cutting blades for them.
You’ll be fine then. Make sure the cutting blade is ~60 tooth and has a curf designed for alu - wood ones look very similar but bad things can happen if you use them to cut alu.
Excellent!
Already found a bunch of errors :(. Fixed version of the STEP file has been uploaded and the bobbins are no longer all fucked up.
hah, gotta re-download it. What in the world opens STEP files anyhow? Anything on Linux?
Solidworks, inventor etc. What can you open?
Solidworks and Inventor aren’t on Linux! =D
Haven’t opened anything yet, will be looking at it tonight on my netbook.
@ThantiK FreeCAD is an open source 3D parametric CAD software that can open STEP files. It’s similar to SolidWorks or Inventor but not as complete (yet). And of course it’s on Linux. We have a PPA repository for Ubuntu, but if you use another distro (even Debian) I’m afraid you’ll have to compile the app. On Debian it’s pretty straightforward, the wiki explains it.
The G+ community has the relevant links: https://plus.google.com/communities/103183769032333474646
The Lulzbot people use FreeCAD for some of their designs now…
@ThantiK Sorry, just remembered a FreeCAD forum member provides 32 and 64-bit Debian Wheezy packages of the development version. https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/free-cad/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2995
And I believe a FreeCAD package may be available on Fedora.
LOL you even modeled the strings (is that how it’s called)? You spare no attention to detail, I like it. 
Are those two hotends E3D?
Pictures of the assembly in FreeCAD: https://plus.google.com/117324667497119008450/posts/S5WaSRSyrZj
All colors were lost, as well as the part names. Did you use AP203 or AP214 as STEP export option?
@Normand_Chamberland , I just didn’t know if FreeCAD could open that format. I use Arch, Ubuntu is for newcomers.
@Normand_Chamberland yes, they are e3d, although a more accurate model of the E3d v5 can be found here: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3uiE-urF0rKM0xNdy1uNkNVU2c/edit
@Normand_Chamberland STLs for Extruders and drive gears now on Youmagine. Anything you can convert to a solid would be great. I’m sure you’ll be able to work out how to assemble the Extruder. I didn’t include models of the nema motors as they turned out to be non-manifold I’ll upload a fixed one shortly.
@ThantiK So in your point of view I’m still a newcomer after 6 years as a Ubuntu user? I want a system that works reasonably well, without me having to open the hood every other day. I may like Linux and open source software, but I have no love for the console.
@Normand_Chamberland roughly, yes. My grandmother could use ubuntu perfectly fine for 6 years. I wouldn’t call her a guru after that. Hell, I’d still call her a newcomer simply switching her from Windows XP to Windows 7.
I work in the console quite a lot, ssh-ing into servers that require it, and being able to fully command a machine without the need for X forwarding, etc. I also don’t live on binaries that are years old, I compile stuff as its released. Don’t get me wrong, newcomers aren’t a bad thing, but they’re like tablet users. They only use the machine for a specific task, and generally not much else. They aren’t interested in knowing what versions of stuff they have, they want things to be point-and-click all the time. I only used the word “newcomer” because I didn’t have a better word for it. What’s a good word for someone who has no interest in the things they use? Ignorant?.. not really, that just sounds rude. Consumer?.. I’d argue that many people produce things and still aren’t interested in the OS… so what word could I use to accurately describe that type of person? It wasn’t meant to be an insult…I just have a hard time finding the right classification so to speak.
You’re just “a user”, I guess. But that doesn’t seem to accurately portray what I’m trying to get across.
Intended or not, I do find it insulting. Just because I use the console as seldom as possible doesn’t make me an ignorant or someone who’s not interested in how things work. I manage FreeCAD’s packaging of Ubuntu .deb PPA packages, and I am perfectly able to compile the app. I may not know how to program but I do have a pretty good understanding of how CAD apps work under the hood. I don’t consider myself a guru but I do take exception of being called a “lowly newcomer”. I find your attitude condescending.