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I don’t remember this being posted here but even if it was I can’t but have much respect and praise for this project, which, along with @Nicholas_Seward 's Helios and @Torbjorn_Ludvigsen 's Hangprinter brings a fresh breeze over the quite stalling reprap arena as of late:

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salut
c’est trop bien

bastien

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That reminds me of Brook’s Printrbelt, which is tilted and can print virtually unlimited Z.
https://printrbot.com/shop/printrbelt-kit/
https://printrbot.com/shop/printrbelt-kit/

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Yes, and also the blackbelt, but what I like about this is that you are not constrained by the 45deg angle should you want to optimize for strength and orient the parts the most efficient way.

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I love this!!! He beat Bill and I to making one like this! We’ve been talking about this approach. The rotating arm, the use of the belt as a traditional (90 degrees) Y axis. Well done! This is the magic of iteration and trying crazy ideas!

I still think the “more-Cartesian” approach is a little more straight forward and uses less parts. It can be used with standard marlin w/o the fear of crazy delta-hybrid approach. But kudos to this!! I think our style can be done more cheaply, in smaller package… a little more portable if we add rotating y axis to pack flat for transport.

Are there inherent advantages here that I’m missing?

What is the bed? PET?

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That has lots if uses in production runs!

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@Brook_Drumm I aggree about the easier Cartesian system but I am now wondering about converting a Prusa style printer to a similar functionality by having the printing surface on the bed tiltable while the Y rails remain the way they are. A recirculating kapton-on-steel/mylar/whatever sort-of-band would be mounted on the tilted bed and rotated by the same Y Stepper Motor. Because of the Y-Rails, only prints narrower than the between-YRails distance would be able to be printed in an infinite-print fashion but it should work. This way many already existing printers could be retrofitted to be able to print very long parts, albeit at only the specific angle orientation. What do you think?

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@Florian_Ford ok, it has been done already (kinda): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCYqWbT4t0

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@Florian_Ford That’s Zechy’s implementation. He’s is using my previous one as a model but has taken it a little further than I have… with his bigger belt made from a material from a true laser printer. Interesting idea. So far, I still like my stainless steel belt with Kapton, but @Brook_Drumm has now added PEI to it, which makes it easier to get things to stick on it.

Here is my original: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2358314