Google+ post by Navodit Butola on 2016-03-31 13:46:17 UTC

Cool…Skull…

sorry but which printer is this ?? first time i am seeing this ??

Looks like they where building a CNC and had a change of heart halfway through the design process.

Looks like a 3DP machine

oh yes … PBC linear systems … i guess it has to be the 3DP

That is the skull that I printed on that initial Printer. Myself and another designer created the large format printer for 3D Platform.

Where can I get the 3d data file?

@Holm_P If you mean the skull file itself it’s the terminator skull several uploads on makerbot etc.

That can’t be the most effective printer design…

nice machine. please share déign.

@Quoc_Anh_Le the machine is a 3DP1000, a commercial, proprietary machine.

@Nathan_Walkner actually, it depends on the rotational strenght of the Y bearings to prevent the whole Y gantry from rotating around the X axis.
From a mechanical standpoint this design does not really looks like it makes sense to me. (But who am I to judge. I’m only a software engineer with 4 years of full time 3D printing experience)

@Nathan_Walkner I’m not saying moving the bed is a good idea. You might have missed the fact that I’m part of Ultimaker :wink:
I’m saying that this setup isn’t really smart IMHO.

Also, on breakage of moving wires, you design should account for that safety wise. Electronics should shut off in case of a short. And you can pick a type of wire that is allowed to move. But in most prusa builds, price is first, reliability and safety are second.

@Nathan_Walkner the problem I have is… Due to the hanging gantry supports, you need to put out on a surface no wider then the bed. Which means that it’d be impossible to install it on most workshop benches, let alone oriented to face the user

nice