New Printer Design (19 replies)
Hi Everyone, This is my design for a CoreXY machine. I'd like to print mechanical parts at high quality out of polycarbonate, delrin, abs and other "exotic" filaments. I've got a heated build chamber...
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New printer design with new 'twist' for XY on Z (57 replies)
I came up with this idea about a year ago seeing an industrial wood planing machine use a similar approach, and I thought it could make for a neat and great printer design, but before ordering the...
View ArticleZ axis gantry vs Z axis printbed (12 replies)
[www.youtube.com] I'm curious on this design concept where the z- axis carries the gantry instead of the pritnbed Gantry is lighter but houses moving items, print bed is heavier and require gearing...
View Articlez axis drops (7 replies)
Hello. I have a problem with my printers z axis. Step motor conntected to a 8mm threated rod with a 5 to 8mm coupler. The platform holding the bed moves downward smoothly in first 10mm. After that the...
View ArticleHbot Motor inverted (3 replies)
I made Hbot 3D printer but i have a problem that the motors are inverted, the homing in the upper left i tried to reverse the motor cables but the homing was front right. Any advice ?
View ArticleTemperature Spikes when G28 used, CoreXY (no replies)
Hey guys, I've recently converted a Creatr machine to a CoreXY and am currently battling a temperature spike issue with the heated bed thermistor. The electronics are a Arduino Mega 2560 with a Ramps...
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E3D's tool changing CoreXY design (27 replies)
E3D has released some information about their CoreXY motion system with a 4-head tool changer at [e3d-online.com]. They are asking for expressions of interest + deposits from anyone interested in...
View ArticleXY axis forced (7 replies)
Hi I am a newbee and i am making some mistakes. Yesterday the filament was passing through the Y axis endstop. I didnt see it until the shaking. When homing the end stop didnt worked and the extruder...
View ArticleReverse Z axis in pronterface (5 replies)
I made Hbot printer but z axis is reversed in pronterface how can i correct it?
View Article3 point leveling build plate for CoreXY.. (3 replies)
I was working on an idea/design for a new build plate support for my CoreXY and wanted some feedback, thoughts or suggestions?. My intent is to bend the support structure from aluminum 5m / 3/16 or...
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Making a large CoreXY printer (7 replies)
Hello, last year I decided I wanted to try to get into 3d printing as a hobby. I started with a Prusa i3 and after a couple months I felt the need to have a larger printer. What I want to print...
View ArticleMy Dual Wire Gantry Printer (2 replies)
Hey Guys, Here are some pics of my printer I am building (excuse the mess). It has a build area of 350mm x 350mm x 410mm (Just measured the height of the print area), I use a Dual wire gantry for the...
View ArticleBelt shaking (1 reply)
Belt in the left side is shaking like a guitar string. Is the belt too tigh or loose? [youtu.be]
View Articledual z motor setup (13 replies)
hello i am trying to figure out whats wrong with this dual z motor setup, the motor vibrate when at low amp .5 voltage or at .8 voltage . i disconnected the stepper motor from the 8 mm acme screw so...
View ArticleHoming issue (9 replies)
Hi, I decided to upgrade my firmware to marlin 1.1.8 but when I try to home Y, I do not get what is expected. The Z will move a little and then stop, the X will home and then the Y carriage will bump...
View ArticleStrange shapes ! (3 replies)
Im having some headaches trying to get to the bottom of weird dimensional problems. My machine is a hypercube evolution and was running ok a while back so i know belt paths etc are all ok, frame is...
View ArticleVarriable belt tention (10 replies)
Ok so I have A homemade core xy build and I noticed today that when moving in the y direction one of my belts became very very tight at the other end. The other belt doesnt do this. I am sure it wasnt...
View ArticleOnly one motor moves (17 replies)
Hello all, I´ve almost finished my hypercube evolution but whether the printer is homing or i move one axis manually, its always only one motor thats moving, when i switch connections its the other...
View ArticleMy first build (15 replies)
I appreciate all of the information from people answering my first post in the General forum. I want a stable machine capable of carrying the Dragon multicolor head, and is built like a brick...
View ArticleCore XY 400x400 (19 replies)
Hello everyone! This is my first build i have a mpselect mini but too small and lightweight still a wicked little entry. So i go big and rock solid and light as i can .Everything will be made of steel...
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