Hello guys,
I have been toying with both Vertical XCarriage and Horizontal XCarriage arrangements and each has its own set of advantages but never both sets in one go. I want my nozzle to be in between XRods and also at the center/middle of the YCarriage and again at the center of the YRods too, to minimize nozzle shifting due to play in bearings, flex in rods, etc.
So I am thinking of a horizontal-vertical hybrid XCarriage where one rod is closest to the YRods and the other one remains up just like with the Vertical arrangement.
[attachment 79425 SCOUTcorexy_hybridXCarriage_concept-exploration.png][attachment 79426 SCOUTcorexy_hybridXCarriage_concept-exploration2.png]
I like that the hotend is not enclosed so much in plastic as with my horizontal XCarriage and it's easier to cool the coldend. It also uses the same real estate as either the horizontal or vertical ones would.
It seems like this approach can easier receive a direct extruder (for the horizontal I wouldn't mount a stepper ontop of the thing as it would be too high and would introduce too gig moments while accelerating or decelerating).
I have been toying with both Vertical XCarriage and Horizontal XCarriage arrangements and each has its own set of advantages but never both sets in one go. I want my nozzle to be in between XRods and also at the center/middle of the YCarriage and again at the center of the YRods too, to minimize nozzle shifting due to play in bearings, flex in rods, etc.
So I am thinking of a horizontal-vertical hybrid XCarriage where one rod is closest to the YRods and the other one remains up just like with the Vertical arrangement.
[attachment 79425 SCOUTcorexy_hybridXCarriage_concept-exploration.png][attachment 79426 SCOUTcorexy_hybridXCarriage_concept-exploration2.png]
I like that the hotend is not enclosed so much in plastic as with my horizontal XCarriage and it's easier to cool the coldend. It also uses the same real estate as either the horizontal or vertical ones would.
It seems like this approach can easier receive a direct extruder (for the horizontal I wouldn't mount a stepper ontop of the thing as it would be too high and would introduce too gig moments while accelerating or decelerating).