Posted: 7/21/2012 1:03:33 AM EDT
Spent a good chunk of the night assembling a 3D printer and working on the design of a much larger 3D printer. Been doing my best to document it, thought it would be of interest to those here.
http://printingtomars.blogspot.com/ |
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My minimum Z-Step is .01mm, so my layer size when I'm up and printing should be about 10 microns. I'm hoping to get that down to 5 microns eventually, but that will require changing out the lead screws.
My build volume will be 415mm x 435mm x 390mm. That's lot's more Z space then I need, but just barely big enough in X and Y for the projects I have planned. |
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Neat project, I have a model making background. 
I don't know too much about what's required for 3D printer movement but have you looked into Magnetic Cylindrical Drive Shaft Motors? No, I'm using .9 degree per step stepper motors, NEMA 17s on this machine and NEMA 23s on the larger machine. |