printable printer

thingiverse

After making my own 3d printer have decided to have a go at making a 3d printable printer. havnt printed yet but going to try to make body out of pla and the print bed out of asa or nylon. Going to have a z axis nema motor at the back with a threaded rod and a x motor at the front using a 8mm rod with gear at the top. going to use linear bearings on all four corners for the z axis. am waiting for a extruder so I can design a compact y carriage. I have used some other peoples parts from thingiverse like the arduino holder and lcd display. have put some holes for some dowels in the two halfs so they can slot together. I have made some some bearing holders. ive yet to try printing this but am cuttently designing the x/y carriage parts Print Settings Printer: totally made up Rafts: Yes Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.2 Infill: 30 Notes: using my own built machine with two 200 mm beds next to each other. although as im using a standard extruder at the moment the build area is about 380x190x340ish.