First pieces for the 24 x 24 x 24. Stepper and idler brackets.
Gonna take a long time to print 24^3. Are you planning thicker layers and bigger nozzles?
I agree. its bout to the point of ridiculous now, but it’s not for me. They are talking about .9mm or so nozzles.
Ah. Engineering looks great, though. Are you basing it on expanding an existing design or creating a new one?
Yep Solidoodle2. I will call this printer a " mashup ". From what i have seen online and a @Tim_Rastall frame design to how ever it ends up to get everything to line up kind of engineering. I have two of these to build so once i get the first one done then the second one should go somewhat quicker. I have two 12mm ball screws 700mm long to use for the Z with dual 12MM smooth rods for each side. 48mm steppers for the X and Y. Two 42mm steppers for the Z’s. 12mm rods for the Y and 10mm rods for the X.
I do hope that you are bracing it more then just on the corners. You will get wobble, craaaaazy wobble. Cant wait to see it in operation though! Great Job
24x24, what will you use for a heated bed? I would like that kind build volume but limited by power consumption and available hot beds.
No heatbed. PLA printer. The owner of this bot is a ship builder. He is wanting to make valves among other things for investment casting that will be used on ships.
If you can’t find a 24x24 pad, you can use 4 12"x12" silicone heating pads from China with industrial PID temperature controllers. You’d need a thick aluminum plate to equalize and distribute the temperature uniformly.. They can be connected to AC power and just turned off and on by the printer.
@Wayne_Friedt ball screws will be nice! What do you think your build cost might be?
I can get a 24x24 heating pad silicone from Aliexpress and they may do that at some point. As far as cost they sell for about $1850 with no heatbed.
That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Just run the hotbed on AC power then the bot only needs 150 or so watts to run.
+Wayne who makes one that size for 1850? Gigabot is nearly $6k now.