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Thanks !
Was a lot of fun to build. And I learned a lot.

 

sorry for not replying till now.. I have no problem sharing the build information.Anything you'd like to know.
I'm on my way out right now, but This weekend I will update the post. more pics, video.... etc etc.

I'll take some pics of the top of some of the tall Vases I made.

 

sorry for not replying till now.. I have no problem sharing the build information.Anything you'd like to know.
I'm on my way out right now, but This weekend I will update the post. more pics, video.... etc etc.


for now.....
I had the top and bottom made out of aluminum. Total cost will be hard cause some of the motors, belts and some other parts I had already, but I will try.
build volume is 240 Diameter ( that's what I set it for I think I can push it further... but didn't need to )
Carriage are cbeam gantry plates
end effector is 3d printed from my own design, will most likely have that made out of aluminum soon.
limit sensor are optical

hotend is a the minihotend from Deltaprintr ( not a misspelling )

 

New pictures uploaded !
if you have an specific pics you want.. just ask.

 

So I did a rough total cost... not including all the nuts and bolts, so just the main parts.. I'm around the $1100 mark.
(That's including the overkill Bottom and Top plates which cost $350 to have water jetted, I do love the accuracy of it though !!! )

 

I was surprised too.... LoL
No.. really...it's just as good as any other delta I've seen. I Got the settings just right I guess..

 

Wow. And I thought mine was tall... Can't wait to see it. Are you using cbeam ?

 

Oh .no, sorry. I wasn't comparing water VS laser. I might agree, laser would be the same or even more accurate. I was comparing having a top and bottom plate instead or more extruded aluminum parts to mount the three cbeams on, and space them appart.

I only mentioned it at all, to say that having the top and bottom identical, is in my opinion, the first important part of this build..

 

First of all Thanks. Building it was a lot of work but also a lot of fun. I was pleasantly surprised with the build quality myself.

I don't want to disappoint you, but the length of the rods ( I agree, they are a little long ) only happened because when I started ordering the parts, they were the first to show up. I was very eager to get going and so assembled them without much thought. Only to make the Identical. I realize now I could have gone shorter and have given myself a taller build height, but to be totally honest..... I've only built 3 things even near the attainable height of just over 500mm. It's nice to have, no doubt, but I realize now, in my case anyway, that a tall build height is not useful very often and that's why I haven't bothered to change it. That, and I have a strict rule.. " if it's not broken, Don't fix it !!! "

I took a quick ( very quick ) look at the TEVO Little Monster... I love the look of it. It's gorgeous !!! I like the Dual stainless steal fan shroud, although I worry about the weight of it. and the 340mm diameter beats mine hands down. "Little" Monster.. I don't think so !!!

 

I am in the process of printing out a new end effector.

My rule, "If it's not broke, don't fix it" kicked in.
The mini hotend from deltaprintr is awesome, but I didn't get the male end of the plugs they use and so had to cut the plugs off and solder wire directly onto it. the thermistor wires were extremely thin and my soldering job apparently didn't hold out.

I've decided to put a 24V E3D Lite6 hotend on it. ( The heated bed is 24V )

I modified the end effector to hold the Lite6
I will post pics of it when completed and printing again.

 

Linear rails are great !! As long as you get nice ones. There are definitely some "cheap knockoffs" that don't perform so well.
As for being rigid enough, better save than sorry. LOL
The duet3D is awesome !!! very smooth control. did you get WiFi ?
Magball setup is great too. smooth .....

I'm sure I will see the machine posted on openbuilds soon ! I can't wait to see the build quality with all those parts !

I lost the delta in a house fire. And I ended up getting raise3d pro 2. not to tinker with, but it's a work horse..

I'm now in the process of building a workbee 1010. after that is done a new delta in definitely in my future !!