The D-Bot, my self made reprap!

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-12T14:44:00.000Z

Hi,

I just wanted to share my self designed and build reprap with the community! Driven by a RAMPS 1.4, self made extruder and an E3D hotend. Works like a charm! Printing quality is top notch! Download the STL files and the parts list from the link. If you want to build one, let me know and I can help you

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D-Bot

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Let me know what you think

thebigfoot · 2015-10-13T07:37:11.000Z

Well Done! Looks pretty clean and organised!! could you share more details about size and capabilities?! seems having a lot of printed parts!! I Like It!!!

gabriela3d · 2015-10-13T07:57:18.000Z

I’d love to see a sample print too

gabriela3d · 2015-10-13T11:10:29.000Z

Wow, the quality is really impressive! Congrats

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-13T12:43:57.000Z

Yes. Its good for a reprap I think

boydconnor · 2015-10-14T15:27:27.000Z

It is truly a beauty! Was it really EUR280? And how much did it take to assemble? This really puts things into perspective. Glad you shared this here.

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-14T17:19:29.000Z

It really was 280€ I wanted to keep costs down. Assembled it in a half day, pretty fast. Allot snaps into place wich makes it fast to build and also rebuild/change things. I kept costs low by designing my own extruder, using as much printed parts as possible and searching the net after cheap but durable parts. The whole project was about a month, because I had to wait for all the pieces and bits to arrive from China. Now it’s running every day for several hours and I haven’t noticed anything to redo, so very happy! I also designed some belt tensioners, because I didn’t want to use tie rips. With my belt tensioners you can change the tension with a screw, well that’s easy It’s also super silent, even at high speeds. It’s printing more then my 700€ printer these days. I’m thankful to my school, because that’s where I learned how to CAD draw things. I still want to make allot things, like a CNC machine, wich I’m working on now. But I’m only 15 years old, so enough time left

BDrummer · 2015-10-21T13:52:48.000Z

Great work! What material did you use for the printed parts?

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-21T13:58:41.000Z

Just Velleman PLA, I first thought that would give problems printing at higher temperature. Printed Carbon Fiber with it without any issues! It’s a workhorse

Babidi · 2015-10-21T14:08:44.000Z

Wow! Impressive! What material are the parts made of? Are you going to share the CAD files?

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-21T14:12:35.000Z

Just Velleman PLA, I first thought that would give problems printing at higher temperature. Printed Carbon Fiber with it without any issues!

I’m not going to upload them to thingiverse or something I think, but I can always share them if someone is interested in them.

Babidi · 2015-10-21T14:19:03.000Z

What CAD program did you make them in? I am currently planning to build a new printer and maybe design parts myself if necessary. But the D-Bot definitely looks interesting.

Steve_32 · 2015-10-21T15:02:27.000Z

Where are the plans published for this ??

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-21T15:05:11.000Z

All drawing is done in Autodesk Inventor

TomV · 2015-10-21T15:05:24.000Z

The printer looks very nice. As I have Printrbot Simple Metal, I recognise the main design approach. But there is a spacious bed which I have to envy.

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-21T15:07:08.000Z

Haha, thanks!

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-21T15:08:09.000Z

I did not publish the files.

AndreasDesmedt · 2015-10-21T15:08:44.000Z

It has allot of printed parts, that also was my intention! Printing speeds for PLA are 60mm/s wich is pretty fast. It has an heated bed. I printed PLA and Colorfabb XT-CF20 on this printer, both with outstanding results. Price for this printer to build was about 280€ wich is fairly cheap I think. I added some print examples in the attachments

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TheMaker1 · 2015-10-21T23:32:57.000Z

I would be interested in seeing the materials list including the printed files, if you were willing that is. But if you are not then that’s too bad. I would love to have a more portable machine that I could travel around with.

Babidi · 2015-10-22T11:20:58.000Z

I would also be interested!