Hi everyone,
Created this new thread to present the upgrade i have done to my G&C printer.
Still not finished, but i almost where... Only missing to reconfigure the firmware with the new dimension, Z axis and extruder and modify to acrylic panels that do not fit anymore.
resuming the biggest upgrades:
-All metal corexy mechanism, using 15mm HiWin linear rails on top of a 5mm aluminum plate.
-All metal Z axis: 16mm high quality rods (German brand), new 8mm threads screws with 1.5 pitch. Bigger 5mm aluminum plate (310x290), with a print area of 305 x 275 x 370
Added some minor upgrades:
-new anti-vibrations fets
-lighter carriage: all metal Bulldog extruder, small compact 40mm turbine fan
This was a upgrade and i implemented to reuse the most of the hardware i already have. Was result, the printer overall aspect is strange and lost the "comercial aspect". But was advantage is the precision gain and the +/- 100mm print area gain in all the axis.
Printer use the exact same frame and acrylic from the G&C printer:
[attachment 83846 Optimized-20160914_210820.jpg]
Compact carriage
[attachment 83847 Optimized-20160914_210724.jpg]
[attachment 83849 Optimized-20160914_210639.jpg]
New Z axis:
[attachment 83844 Optimized-20160913_220146.jpg]
One belt one the same plane, used a twist on the front. The belt do not touch because two of the bigger pulley are have 6mm difference in the z direction.
[attachment 83845 Optimized-20160913_220235.jpg]
Printed piece that secure the unique 4 meter belt:
[attachment 83848 Optimized-20160913_220318.jpg]
The plate was laser cut, it allow to easy installation and have a perfect aliments of the corexy components:
[attachment 83850 Optimized-20160913_220819.jpg]
[attachment 83851 Optimized-20160913_220806.jpg]
Created this new thread to present the upgrade i have done to my G&C printer.
Still not finished, but i almost where... Only missing to reconfigure the firmware with the new dimension, Z axis and extruder and modify to acrylic panels that do not fit anymore.
resuming the biggest upgrades:
-All metal corexy mechanism, using 15mm HiWin linear rails on top of a 5mm aluminum plate.
-All metal Z axis: 16mm high quality rods (German brand), new 8mm threads screws with 1.5 pitch. Bigger 5mm aluminum plate (310x290), with a print area of 305 x 275 x 370
Added some minor upgrades:
-new anti-vibrations fets
-lighter carriage: all metal Bulldog extruder, small compact 40mm turbine fan
This was a upgrade and i implemented to reuse the most of the hardware i already have. Was result, the printer overall aspect is strange and lost the "comercial aspect". But was advantage is the precision gain and the +/- 100mm print area gain in all the axis.
Printer use the exact same frame and acrylic from the G&C printer:
[attachment 83846 Optimized-20160914_210820.jpg]
Compact carriage
[attachment 83847 Optimized-20160914_210724.jpg]
[attachment 83849 Optimized-20160914_210639.jpg]
New Z axis:
[attachment 83844 Optimized-20160913_220146.jpg]
One belt one the same plane, used a twist on the front. The belt do not touch because two of the bigger pulley are have 6mm difference in the z direction.
[attachment 83845 Optimized-20160913_220235.jpg]
Printed piece that secure the unique 4 meter belt:
[attachment 83848 Optimized-20160913_220318.jpg]
The plate was laser cut, it allow to easy installation and have a perfect aliments of the corexy components:
[attachment 83850 Optimized-20160913_220819.jpg]
[attachment 83851 Optimized-20160913_220806.jpg]