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!!!
I’d love to see a sample print too
Wow, the quality is really impressive! Congrats
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Yes. Its good for a reprap I think
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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.
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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
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Great work! What material did you use for the printed parts?
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
October 21, 2015, 2:08pm
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Wow! Impressive! What material are the parts made of? Are you going to share the CAD files?
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.
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Babidi
October 21, 2015, 2:19pm
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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.
Where are the plans published for this ??
All drawing is done in Autodesk Inventor
TomV
October 21, 2015, 3:05pm
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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.
I did not publish the files.
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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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.
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Babidi
October 22, 2015, 11:20am
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I would also be interested!
Babidi
October 22, 2015, 11:23am
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How is the stability of the z-axis? I can imagine it needs good foundation in order to hold up the x-axis and not wobble/shake. How did you fix the two smooth rods at the bottom?
