Sneak a peak of my new Delta Printer and come up with a name!
Bit of a sharp turn has been taken last week - I decided to design and build this Delta 3D Printer frame with 0 backlash Ball joints and no magnets almost entirely out of Aluminium and use high profile precision production engineers to create the parts for us which they are currently doing (so this will be designed and mostly made in NZ out of mostly recyclable materials, prints biodegradable plastic and will be Open Source). So far things are coming along real smoothly, I will have a working prototype by the end of this week to show. The image is part of the assembly, it doesn’t show the build plate or end effector. However I can’t figure out any sort of name to call the thing, any suggestions?
Some marketing guff to think about:
My target market is engineers and people who require precise things modelled/made, the stout DIY’er will love this and I hope will be prepared to pay extra for the precision. Also this bot is rigid can be used for PCB milling and other delta robot type applications - 3D printing is just one of it’s removable ‘heads’. Holds it’s accuracy well and hardly needs calibrating. Large build volume - about 350mm diameter (price will be less than $2,000 as a simple to make kit with full instructions and support).
Anyways your suggestion of names will be most welcoming, I will give a prize if I choose one
“Very Precise” and “Delta” do not belong in the same sentence. “Very Precise” belongs in a paragraph talking about how you’ll be using closed loop feedback systems with high resolution encoders, etc.
yes I would love that I guess very precise is to be compared with other 3D printer’s precision, that is if an object is to be 100x100x100 then it won’t be 100.5 x 99.8 x 100.3 which is what ‘most’ printers would spit out… I have seen very precise prints coming from BerryBots Delta printer (I love his printers name) which is what I’m aiming to achieve and his is a similar system (CNC machined magnetic ball joints etc), would you call that ‘very precise?’ I mean how much precision do you need from a piece of plastic… Besides, this post is to probe for a name, I will take out the word ‘very’ if you give me a name
Most of a printer’s accuracy doesn’t stem from the mechanical structure (well, to a certain extent), but from e.g. proper slicer setup.
As for a name, i’d call it the ohgodnopleasenotanotherkickstarter-bot
Most printers are able to spit out parts that are +/-0.05mm or better when properly tuned. If you’re going to use the words “very precise”, I expect 0.01mm precision.
I have no idea on a name. So many people put “delta” in the name that it’s annoying at this point (even my own company I think needs to rebrand).
@NathanielStenzel they are all the same. But the other towers aren’t shown here. It’s been designed to use a minimal of engineered parts which are mostly identical (6 different parts in total including end effector, carriages etc, 7 if you counted the little tabs holding the rods in place which doesn’t require precision). The bars coming out holding the vertical rods are the same for top & bottom. Sorry I should have waited till it was finished aye things are wide apart to add stability when using other tools which require force (rods are like 114mm apart instead of 60)
@Brad_Hopper cool yea so the ball bearing joints are certainly unique (see my You Tube videos. ) I just don’t know what that would be called. Few parts I guess is unique but not really that interesting unless you are an engineer building it yourself which I am hoping there will be a lot of. NZ made is nieche at least. There are a couple other small manufacturers here. I like Modulo60 hehe. Cheers for your ideas
I guess very precise is to be compared with other 3D printer’s precision, that is if an object is to be 100x100x100 then it won’t be 100.5 x 99.8 x 100.3 which is what ‘most’ printers would spit out… I have seen very precise prints coming from BerryBots Delta printer (I love his printers name) which is what I’m aiming to achieve and his is a similar system (CNC machined magnetic ball joints etc), would you call that ‘very precise?’ I mean how much precision do you need from a piece of plastic… Besides, this post is to probe for a name, I will take out the word ‘very’ if you give me a name 