In the absence of much actual build progress, mainly due to my Mendelmax having an extruder related breakdown, here’s a picture of the Ingentis with it’s revised Z stage. Note the single Nema 17 driving a belt on either side of the Z platform. There are supposed to be some extra supports for the shaft that joins the 2 pulleys on either side but I must have left them hidden when I rendered.
any details? links?
@DIY_3D_Printing Sure, bunch of photos and videos on my G+ profile. There is a thread in the reprap Tantillus forum too (as this is basically a very big Tantillus). I’ve got all the hardware to finish the build, just need to get printed parts done :/.
http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?279,222917,page=1
Very nice.
Very good work @Tim_Rastall ! I like the look and I’m curious to see the double rod , belt driven bed, seems an interesting solution 
@Tim_Rastall which software are you using for the design and also for the render?
Thanks!
@Tim_Rastall so I see you are using belts on the z, are you still using spectra on the x and y? Ia thinking about making a core xy bot out of extrusion because of low part count, and the tantillus was too small, but I really like your derivative. I didn’t realize that the gantry was like the Ultimaker until I looked at your blog. Nice work
@Stefano_Pavanello Thanks - me too! Hopefully I’ll get it working this weekend.Belt driven beds aren’t entirely new, the UP! uses one. I’ve designed the gear ratio so 1 full step gives .1mm
@Javier_Martinez_Mart Rhinoceros and vray
Beautiful, I thought it looked tantill-ish
@Eric_Moy yep, 120lb spectra. The ultimaker gantry is so elegant and stable its hard to see that anything else could be better but i really like the core xy concept too. Keen to see it done with spectra!