Hi Neil, just having a bit of trouble printing the lead screw brackets. As you can see in the photo, my support columns need support!! When they start to get thick at the top, the drag by the filament coming out of the nozzle pushes them over because there is not enough support at the base of the columns. I had to pause the print and drizzle hot glue around the base to support them. Are there any slicer settings to help this. Just as well I’m using maskin tape!

 

What slicer and support settings are you using?

 

It was the other Neil I was asking since he has some problems which I had never encountered when I use support.

 

This is an awesome build Neil! Thanks for sharing.

Did you not list the parts used from OpenBuilds?

 

Hi Neil,

Looks very interesting. Do you have any photos of prints with this design? Also, have you tried printing with various materials? Flex, ABS, etc.?

Thanks,
Shane

 

Nice prints. I appreciate it.

-Shane

 

Hi Neil,

One more question. You have mentioned speed as being an important factor. Do you know what speeds have you reached while still maintaining quality?

-Shane

 

Impressive. Thanks.

 

Hi Neil, I definitely will. I need to read your book first. I have not built a 3D printer like this from scratch. Only kits with detailed instructions.

 

Just wanted to share that I'm currently in the process of building your Dash-X 3D printer. I'm going to take my time and build it right! All printed parts will be sanded, coated with XTC-3D and painted flat black. I'm kinda picky lol I'm pretty excited for this build as it will be my first custom built 3D printer, and I do feel highly confident I can accomplish this build. I may have some questions down the road when I get closer to completion. Thanks again for sharing this awesome design, will be purchasing your book soon as well.

 

Hello everyone

I have been working on a parts and cost list in Libre Office Calc. If anyone is interested in it maybe they could take a look over it and add anything that is missing. Also I have some images of dash-x from different views if anyone is interested the order is right, left, front, back, top, bottom.

 

Hello Neil

I was wondering if you could tell me if the v wheels used are the "Delrin Mini V Wheel Kit" Delrin Mini V Wheel Kit or the "Solid V Wheel Kit" Solid V Wheel Kit ?

Also I dunno if I am right but this is a relatively expensive printer, costs 803.74 USD before adding all the printed parts. Does anyojne have a ballpark cost for the all printed parts?

Also updated the parts & cost file, added the v-slot rails.

 

Slowly making progress! I moved away from XTC-3D as it was becoming a pain with all the sanding so I would not recommend doing this lol. Now I'm printing all the parts with Proto-pasta carbon filament. In the next few weeks I plan to order the rest of the parts needed to finish most of this build. I'm probably going to have about $1,500 in this printer, but totally worth it. Not sure if you heard of McMaster Carr, but you can get a good amount of parts from them. They are expensive, but sell very high quality and industrial grade parts. Pretty excited for this build and it has also kept me pretty occupied during this quarantine.

 

Thanks and appreciate the advice, I have some rigid couplers on the way. Looking forward to getting this completed.

 

After reading you book on DIY 3D printer design I am having a hard time not pulling the trigger to start this build. I just have to get around the chicken and egg problem on the printed parts since this would be my first printer and it doesn't look like many of the parts can be cut on my 2.5D CNC router. One thought was to get a relatively inexpensive "starter" unit and use it to print the needed pieces and learn the process. Any suggestions on what unit would good to start with? Same controller (software?) would be nice to minimize the learning curves. Secondarily it wouldn't hurt if the unit could be used as a source for spare parts...though my younger brother would disown me if I didn't pass it on to him intact.

 

Hello just found your design. I like it and agree with you about corexy system

I want to ask about the belt system for Z axis. Is it closed loop belt?

Thank you