STG1 (yet another custom printer!)

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I've been printing for a couple of years now, and much like a young Jedi aspiring to become a master, I felt it was time to try to make my own printer. I had a few goals for this project: - large print area with a relatively small footprint. - direct drive extruder (no corexy) - avoid rods and linear bearings where possible (z only) - use v slot for x and y (because i wanted to play with v slot) - use 2040 extrusion for stability. - recycle as much of my folgertech 2020 i3 as possible The inspiration was the FT-5, along with some of the projects I collected in my 'i3 rework' collection here -- thanks to all of those people! Even if I didn't use a part directly, they helped shape the direction I was going to go with things. Based on the FT-5, the things I changed the most were: - no melamine! - z motors connect directly to the rods, no belts to tighten - x/y use v slot gantries rather than slides. - the x bar sits on top of the printer -- the cube doesn't extend up over it The parts are almost all from FolgerTech, with v slot stuff from open builds and assorted screws and such from Amazon. This is a work in progress -- I haven't finished wiring it up, so who knows if any of this will even work... This light saber could come out more Kylo Ren than Luke Skywalker! Once I see if it does stuff I'll post up the list of parts I used.