CROSSBOW3

thingiverse

Normally, a printer can replicate itself. I tried making a printer that would produce itself, but not too hard! I mixed structure and mechanics to make it happen. It's really easy to assemble and maintain - just 3 hours of parts putting together, and in minutes you can get in there and fix anything with an actuator at 80 mm. The essentials are solid movements by actuators reaching speeds up to 300 mm/sec, and I think the best printing comes out between 60-80 mm, from PLA/PET/wood/bronze - YouTube.com: I tried printing all kinds of sizes for various timeframes - like "Robotica" in its original life-size format on Thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/). Two weeks back I printed for over 300 hours non-stop with pause for just minutes to swap out filament coils, printing from 5-60 hour lengths. Some photos and vids got posted along with stl files - this Qubit printer might make commercial printing easier down the line as Fly-Image Tech works on it; you can have free access but check that list if you wanna copy one. This Qubit printer comes thanks to partner work in the making by Crian and Ovidiu, along with inspiration from other great printers out there like Funbot (Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:560343), Printrbot (printrbot.com), Bukito (Kickstarter), and Ormerod2, all found through www.youtube.com & Sashko SS on Facebook as well. A shoutout also goes to openbuildsitalia, 3D Italy, Torino & Facebook's Baco3D - it's an open-source world out there.