'mini' - a traveling 3d printer

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PLEASE READ: On request i uploaded all part you need to print the printer now, even they are still buggy. I tried to follow a naming schema: Files with _unfixed at the end are in that state i printed them like you see on the photos, you need to do some work on them after printing to make them work. Files with _fix in the end are parts you need to fix the unfixed parts. They will be removed once the part itself is fixed. File without that suffixed should work out of the printer :) The edges are just bumpers. print them in TPU. Otherwise they are useless. Have fun to print it, feedack welcome, if there are still bugs, please let me know, i try to fix them :) **** Sorry it takes so much time to fix the mistakes i made and upload the new files. My current workflow it to look through the videos i made to not miss any problems, cut the video for youtube, fix the design and publish the video later. All in all, the printer is working and making a decent print-result. The final result includes a Pi with octopint and hostapd to get it work mobile with my phone. No idea yet how to publish the software part - since it is mainly just configuration i thinking about a simple bash-script to provision the printer on a fresh octopi image. what do you think? please let me know in the comments. ***** 'mini' is my attempt to create a 3d printer for travelling while keeping the bill-of-materials as short as possible so its easy to reproduce. It seems that the cheapest option to do this is a A8 kit, a shrinked heated bed and a pack of bearings. The print-volume is 111x111x65mm. To print this, you need a print-volume of 220x200x60mm (!) You should to print the bed-holder with a material with higher temperature-residence than you plan to print with this printer. If you want to print PLA, print it in PETG, if you want to print PETG, you should select ABS. I will try to create a series on youtube about the build. You can find it here - but german only (yet) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnyTrLsaiJJ4X0dqhK9Lz9cVMZ9EhE86 Please note that this project is still work in progress. Even the prototype is working fine already, ALL parts have errors i had to fix after printing, i want to fix them in 3d before uploading. My prototype is mostly printed in PLA on a prusa I3 MK3s with increased speed. I recommend to print in PETG while focus on quality instead of speed.