Hello guys, this is my first update of the building of my new Dollo 3D printer. This 3D printer has a fully 3D printed frame which can be expanded and modified at will. All the parts can be attached to each other without the need of screws (other than some moving parts) and the only thing you will have to buy is the hotend, electronics such as stepper motors, controlling board, endstops, etc. One can easily modify the size of the printer by just adding more extensions and racks if needed. For more information about he printer visit: http://www.instructables.com/id/Dollo-3D/ https://github.com/benbeezy/Dollo http://3dprint.com/63229/dollo-3d-printer-prints-itself/ Anyways, today is September 23rd and so far I am missing 7 extensions for the frame, 2 for the Y axis, the racks where the motors will go on, 5 motor mounts, endstop and the full Z axis. I am missing most of the moving parts of the printer, but the parts that take more printing time and filament are the extensions and corners. The first parts I printed were all the corners, those took about 4 hours each, then I started printing the extensions which are pretty much the parts that take the most filament and most that I need. I must admit, my printer is 2x the size of the original dollo. I tend to measure the size of the dollos in terms of the amount of extensions used. For instance, the original dollo is 1 extension long, 1 wide and 1 tall. Mines is 2x2x2. This means that I will have to print the double of the parts of the frame. The good thing about this is that the bed of the printer will be much bigger than the one that my current printer has, although I have no need for an extremely big bed either but seems like a good thing to try out. If I feel that the printer seems too small on the Z axis, I can also add 4 more extensions and make the printer taller. For me what I think will be more challenging will be to make the printing bed. For the most part, that Z axis is still on the works because there are some issues to be ironed out on that case. If that is not fixed soon enough, I am not sure what I will do in that matter, but knowing the developer (Benjamin Thomas Engel), I am sure he will work the issues out. We were talking about him making a bowden extruder that attaches to the frame of the printer. Anyways guys, this is my first update about the printer, maybe next one will be after I finish building the frame or most of it.
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Angel MercedesElectrical Engineering student and lover of all things Open Source, 3D Printing, Electronics and Linux. Categories
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