Mike Kelly's Printer

Yup. The whole point of this carriage design is that it's modular and quick to swap in different designs.

 

That'd be a Cyclops hotend you've modelled on there wouldn't it?

 

At least as close as I can guess based on pictures

 

My scale was a bit off...

 

Been a productive weekend:





Only a couple minor mistakes so far, but I'm really looking forward to finishing this up.

 

why

 

Some people are ok with a honda civic. Some people wanna see if their civic can beat a corvette without spending the money on a corvette

 

Lol isn't that what we're trying to do

 

Yup, aluminum is a stronger foundation to work off of, and should make everything more rigid. If I'm gonna get some more speed out of this thing I need to make it more rigid. The aluminum base is sort of the starting point, and the foundation of the printer.

 

Did you have the glass one?

 

This replaces the black acrylic middle plate

 

Oh okay that's what I thought I'm stuck with the black acrylic one still

 

Very nice, I see you also got the Z idlers printed out also.

 

Threw on the z axis

 

Are you using real lead screws or M8 rods

 

They're 10mm x 2mm pitch lead screws

 

Should I get those for my printer

 

Oh are those the same as the ones that the makerbots use

 

Is that a camera on the front of your y axis?

 

I don't think it's necessary and opens up a whole can of worms.

Not sure if it's what the makerbot uses. Seems like it might be

yes it is. Kinda a long story but it's a custom camera that I designed an enclosure for the y axis rails