Adam, Peejay, Justin, and I met Saturday to see just how fµ¢%ed our old enterprise Stratasys FDM 2000 is.
Toolhead
To catchup: we got a Stratasys FDM2000 from a garage sale for a song and it came with lots of unknowns. It has sat in our hackerspace and moved with us for almost 2 years.
These things are in good order:
- All 3 axes
- Two extruder steppers and gearboxes
- Two extruder heaters and the envelope heater
- Onboard controllers
- Lights
- Model liquefier hot end
Problems that we found:
- Support liquefier blew out. Need to tear down and fix.
- Can’t connect via software. May be related to Adam’s serial adapter.
Great news! We have tons of consumables! Spools and spools of ABS, support material, some cool looking elastomer and foam for the build platform.
Nice to see that thing finally get torn down and work started on it! I’ll be sweet to see if you can get it to run off reprap or makerbot guts.
Did you write down any of the part numbers on the motors? It would be interesting to see if they’re steppers, brushed, or brushless.
They appear to be steppers. They have 5 wires and report back torque. I can show you the parts next time you’re in.
Just came across this post and I am in a very similar situation. I’m working to get my own used and abused FDM2000 running, and am interested to know how you acquired the software.
-Jon