Great design and implementation.

 

Awesome build! What are you running it with??

 

Great build. I am working on something that is very similar. Mind if I asks you a whole bunch of questions

Are you having any z-banding issues?
Is there anything you would do different if you had to do it over again?
Your printer is the first I have seen using a metal chain drive, how do you like it?

 

What is the approx build area for this setup?

Assuming the parts from the openbuilds and panucatt get restocked I think I'll be building one based on this design. ( only thing I think I would change is a base to put the power supply and controller in )

Also curious about your experience with the syncromesh. That seems like some really cool stuff!

 

If you dont mind how did mount the extruder to the vslot carriage.

 

Hello,

I noticed in some of your initial pictures you had a QU-BD style extruder/ hotend mounted, and then when you began printing, you were using a j-head hot end.

Did the QU-BD style extruder not function very well? I'm just curious why you made the switch. I was looking at buying this extruder/ hotend:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-4mm-Dual-...041?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51b9c36009

but I might not if they don't function very well.

Regards

 

How are you putting tension on the v wheels for the z axis? I know you can mount the wheels directly to the extrusion but the eccentric spacers dont look like they fit. The build looks nice as I am building something similar but enclosing it.

 

I noticed you technically use Qty:6 cast 90 degree corner brackets for the build even though your final result may contain only 4. I also have noticed while attempting to build a similar model that more of the M5 8mm screws are required than your BOM designates. Just a heads up for anyone else trying to put this together.

Do you have more pictures/details for how you went through the build? I am trying to build the same type of design but I am completely newbie-status and need the "for dummies" instructions.

 

Hi, congrats on your build. I've been looking at building one, and was wondering, leaving labor aside, what would it cost ballpark to build one of these babies?

Thanks

 

Thanks

 

My I3 Rework is a piece of poo. Very little printing on it with a ton of issues I can't work out (mostly Z and bed related) so my next printer will not have a single printed part on it and this is why I like your design. I want a 3d printer not a reprap.

The principles of a 3d printer are very simplistic from a design standpoint but getting everything to mesh together with pre existing parts and you don't have a DP and basically just have a 24t hack saw it does make it harder. One thing I would do differently on your design, same as any i3 or variant, is kill the two Z motors. A horrible Prusa design that was. Yes, it should be within acceptable error but eventually it has to be tweaked then eventually tweaked again and again and again, etc... A few people have went to lead screws and one belt driving both sides and they never have to touch Z again.

How did you get the bed to fit? Closeups of the parts fitted together (like the extruder and the bed) would have been great. Basically this is a cool project but you did not give enough information, or detailed pictures, on what goes where and why stuff was purchased (like Nema 23 threaded rod plates (link you provide takes me there) when Nema 17 motors are used).

 

I'm trying to replicate your build. What lengths were the 3 linear rails cut to?