My CR-7 is finally comissioned. This printer looks a lot like the Bukito and is probably a shameless clone. It also somewhat resembles the Reach in miniature. I had to make several adjustments, but the biggest was the Z coupler. The one that comes with this is a piece of tubing which is useless. I replaced that with a standard zero backlash coupler and we are in business. The Z motor is a bit anemic but I relaxed the tension in the Z nuts (2 M5 nuts with a spring between them), and lubricated the heck out of the threaded rod. Oh and the original threaded rod was crap and I replaced that with some I had lying around from McMaster. It is really a nifty little printer and will get an enclosure next.
Looks a lot like the Freaks 3D Printer I got off Indegogo
Cheap knockoff or not, I can tell you the assembly instructions were very good. The config and software instructions need a leap or two to get past the bad translation but nothing too bad.
@Robert_Robati I believe that IS the freaks 3d printer.
what is the controller board this cheap knock off uses?
I can’t tell exactly. Seems to be some RAMPS clone. Fairly simple single board solution with an embedded Arduino. It is running Marlin. 4 motor channels, heatbed (unused), 3 end stops. Stepper drivers are in the board like a Melzi. If this board were to tank it’s easy enough to replace it with a RAMPS. Even the LCD controller is a run of the mill Reprap Discount. The board has an on-board sd card slot.
OK that make sense why this one can be so cheap compared to bukito. The controller and the gt belt are probably a significant cost reduction from material perspective alone.
Last time I looked synchromesh is quite expensive.
Are the plates metal or plexi? That might be another cost saving over the bukito.
The build plate is plexi as are, the base plate and the cover for the controller. The yellow parts are injection molded plastic and the rest is either sheet metal or extrusion. Very smooth motion BTW.