Hi everyone,
I've read the blog entries and forum topics from this community, and they are essencially used in the same way: for questions and to showcase results.
Since the community is still rather small, it is essencial to concentrate all the parti
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I am about ready to get the Xwinder however does anyone know if the Xwinder has the ability to, or can be modified to, wrap the mandrel and part with Dunstone's Heat Shrink Tape? The application we plan on using it for requires Heat Shrink tap
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I am interested in aquireing one X Winder, it does not matter
if it is a 2 or 4 DOF I just would like to see how it works.
If you have one that you have no need for anymore, please
drop me a note.
Regards,
Dario.
Read more…Hi, I am comtemplating purchasing an x-winder to do some prototyping and I wanted to make sure the system will meet our needs. In the x-winder software, are you able to vary the wind angle within a single layer? We are wanting to produce a cone by h
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Trying to get my 4 axis to do a test part and I keep getting various too slow errors at the ends. I've tried slowing things down, splitting the USB hubs so they aren't daisy chained and a different PC. Nothing seems to consistently fix it. Has
Read more…Hey guys, we tested out a few new mods to our machine, and had some great success with our last wind.We removed the plate/roller/lucky band squeege system as it was proving inconsistant.We made a new bracket for the squeege roller, out of two 90 alum
Read more…I am currently working on a project in an undergradate research role. We are working closely with X-Winder products, and I was hoping I could find a model of any X-Winder series to use in a simulation. I would love to use the whole assembly, but only
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I tried the newest version 4.21 of the software on my 4x-23 machine but I have some issues :
When I order home or build from the designer software, the setup wizard window appears, then I set up every parameters (assigned boards, motors
Read more…We recently upgraded the PC our X-Winder was connected to, and we're running into an issue. Whenever we try to run Executor, it throws an error stating some control boards aren't attached.
We have a 2 axis setup. As far as I know, everything is set
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I am using the XWinder for more then 2 years and I am actually facing a big problem...
Last summer I have done the update of the software from the version 16 to the version 22 and the programm I was operating stopped functionning correct
Read more…Hey all, we have been messing around with our 4X-23 machine and have had a couple successful winds. However we have been having an issue with our shink tape layer.
You can see in the pictures below, we are getting these weird voids/pockets when we app
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New to the forum having recently bought a 2X-23 winder, not new to filament winding, so was trying to write my own g-code files and use incremental values for things like layer count so I didn't have to have a very long g-code file. Unfortune
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Working with a 4x-23. Had an issue with the carriage stepper motor freezing up randomly. If I change the axis controller between carriage and mandrel, mandrel motor will seize up and the carriage runs fine. Problem seems to be tied to the con
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We have a 4X-23 X-Winder. At step 4 of the Setup wizard, we have the issue that the carriage don't move towards the limit switch after pressing the button "Go to the limit switch". Without this calibration the values of the z axis aren't corre
Read more…My purchase of a 2x23 X-Winder is still about three and a half months away. In the mean time I've been searching the internet for specific information about what exactly would be the best Carbon Fiber filament and the best Bonding Agent/Resin/Epoxy
Read more…Hi, I am looking to purchase the 4X-23 filament winder.
However adding the item to my cart and estimating shipping and tax, it shows a $345 charge for tax.
Is this a charge for sales tax? If so, I am in a state which does not have sales tax so this c
Read more…Hi everyone this is my first time posting here. I am noticing an issue with the start of the second pass of a helical wind. On the second pass it tends to space out a good distance from the first pass going from right to left. On the return from left
Read more…XWinder doesnt' support conical mandrel yet. But in case I am willing to modify the gcode where do I start. Or should I be asking that is it possible at all to do this with XWinder?
Read more…Hallo,
I saw a latest video, where a hand editing of G-Code is shown. I want to ask you, how I have to do it?
I can edit it only in NotePad, but it is .txt format. XWinder works with .x2d format.
Thanks
Read more…when i begin my winding (2x) the carriage will go to the limit switch and then begin the next process but when it comes back it will hit the limit switch hard and just bang against it. i have tried messing with the z offset value but it keeps doing i
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