My 150x100x130 h-bot design (2 replies)
Hello, gentlemen, thanks for letting me in. This is my h-bot design (yes, I know what you're going to say about racking, but so far this has been a non-issue). I could turn it into a CoreXY with a few...
View ArticlePresenting Piper 2 - CoreXY on EMT conduit frame Single Dual extruder moving...
This is self-replicating (or partially self-replicating) machine. CoreXY design with the upsidedown motor orientations - so no crossing belts. Based on US EMT conduit frame and gantry (working on...
View ArticleVery Large Cable Driven CoreXY Mechanism (no replies)
I originally had this over in the "look what I made" subforum, but since it's corexy, it is probably of more interest over here. I am working on a sand table project for the Milwaukee MakerFaire that...
View ArticleCoreXY construction question (27 replies)
Hello, I am still building a CoreXY printer and a new question arose, please see images. The top two images are the normal two level construction: if the left stepper rotates, the forces at the hotend...
View ArticleThe Janky-XY printer :) (16 replies)
Sharing some photos of my WIP build. I've been able to get pretty reliable quality out of design so far but there are still a few quirks left to work through along with a few part design improvements...
View ArticleHow many independent printheads are possible on one CoreXY? (2 replies)
We've seen dual heads on one X-gantry and also dual X-gantries on one frame. Is '4' the max. number of 'independent' printheads? Is it restricted because the belt routing gets messy? Would it be...
View ArticleBelt tightning (8 replies)
I had to rebuilt my CoreXY recently (had a misalignment on the z-axis). Since then I had some layer shifting and I was hoping to get some info on some test that could indicate if the belt is too tight...
View ArticleNeed help with homing (no replies)
This is my first time building a 3d printer and I cant seem to get my printer to home properly. Its a coreXY design with TMC2130 drivers using Marlin 1.1.8. The axis move in the right directions but...
View ArticleWeird issue with corexy (7 replies)
Hi Guys, I'm converting my crappy leapfrog creatr(td) to a corexy machine(tu). But I'm having a really strange issue with it. The same as this YouTube video: [www.youtube.com] I don't know how he...
View ArticlePresenting the NFAN CoreXY 3D printer (no replies)
I started out about 3 years ago with a Prusa i3 clone with a laser cut wooden frame. It was a great machine to learn about 3D printing. Just about everything was wrong with the machine so I started...
View Articleextruder motor location - whats verdict? (5 replies)
I have heard good and bad things about mounting the extruder motor (ie direct drive) vs mounting it separately...the most notable one I guess is with direct drive the X motor has to carry the weight...
View ArticleCore XY belt paths (4 replies)
I'm building a core xy printer based on the fabotatum design (no crossing belts) as in the image below. It's coming along fine but I was reading some threads here about how to adjust the tightness of...
View ArticleTronxy X5 worth of anything? (no replies)
I was just curious and searched for corexy design 3d printer from Ebay and found cheap Tronxy X5S. Some reviews praised the mechanics and bashed electronics. As electronics and software are things...
View ArticleTronxy x5s Scewed layer/layer shifting (7 replies)
So i got my X5S up and running with the MKS SBASE 1.3 instead of the standard electronic. Beside running quiter because of the microstepping and 32bit board it also allowed me to run the dual axis...
View ArticleNot a 3d printer and not a COREXY (4 replies)
So why here? Well, it is a variation of h-bot and it does, in fact, share the same kinematics as COREXY. We have seen that already called as Core-T by some (see Jason McMullan's design ) Mine is a...
View ArticleFirmware Request - HyperCube Marlin 1.1.9 (no replies)
I've been struggling with this for a couple days now... I've taken Tech2C's Config H file (with sensor) and the new Marlin release (1.1.9) config H file And tried to get a working firmware, but just...
View ArticleMaking sure belts are parallel (10 replies)
After using my Ender 3 for some time, and after reading the_digital_dentist's blog series on the UMMD, I've decided to start my own project for a printer that has, atleast, a 500x500 build area. Been...
View ArticleJoel Telling's review of the RailCore II 300ZL open source CoreXY kit (no...
For anyone interested, it's at [www.youtube.com]. He didn't build the kit, he was given it pre-assembled.
View ArticleCorexy enclosement, top cover? (no replies)
I'm closing my corexy printer and I was thinking about alternative things to do it. Earlier I was going to make my printer with hiwin guides and enclosing that kind of printers is easy. But I got...
View Articleanother new core xy (9 replies)
Hi first post so please be gentle... I would really appreciate a moment of time from some of the more experienced users in this community I will try and keep this as short as possible but here goes At...
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