Re: [rp-ml] BPM Personal Modeler 2100

From: G. Sachs <sachsg_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed Mar 24 2010 - 20:14:02 EET

I greatly admired the ambitious concept behind this RP machine (one of the very first) and think that its main problem (besides some serious technical ones) was that it was just WAY ahead of its time. Look forward to seeing if you can get it back to working condition.

G. Sachs

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From: strages <strages@gmail.com>
To: Brent Stucker <brent.stucker@usu.edu>
Cc: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 1:30:12 PM
Subject: Re: [rp-ml] BPM Personal Modeler 2100

Here's a couple of videos we've taken so far of it. In both videos
the outer shell is taken off of it, so it's a little easier to see
inside the print area. The second video is pretty rough as it was
taken from a smart phone, but it shows some up close shots inside the
print area.

As I said, we got it moving and it honestly thinks its printing
despite not actually spraying any wax. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSTLS4f2kAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNoHNJwAH5s

Sorry about the quality of the second one.

Raymond

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Brent Stucker <brent.stucker@usu.edu> wrote:
> Raymond,
>
> This machine manufacturer went out of business very quickly. I didn't know
> there were any working machines left out there! Please let us know if you
> get it up and going. In particular, if you do, please make some videos. I
> would love to use them in my classes. Thanks.
>
> _____________________________________________
> Dr. Brent Stucker
> brent.stucker@usu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On Behalf
> Of strages
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:03 AM
> To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
> Subject: [rp-ml] BPM Personal Modeler 2100
>
> I'm a member of Makers Local 256 (http://256.makerslocal.org), a
> hackerspace (see hackerspaces.org for more details) in Huntsville, AL,
> and we've recently been donated a BPM Personal Modeler 2100. It came
> with no documentation, sat up in a warehouse for 10 years, bad video
> card, and rats had been living in it apparently. Regardless, we've
> cleaned it out, replaced the video card, figured out how to use it,
> and actually got it moving. The only problem with it seems to be that
> the spray head isn't spraying wax. It purges just fine, so it's not a
> clogged line as far as we can tell. What I'm looking for is anyone
> who has any experience with these machines and/or might have
> documentation for it. We're using the original DOS based software and
> some of the STL files found on the machine. Any help would be
> fantastic.
>
> Raymond
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 24 20:13:40 2010

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