By
@made0fjello
Large size corexy 3d printer that is worthy of god. Accessible to (nearly) all proletarians - built with spare aluminum pipe and recycled PET plastic.
33m 15s logged
Not much work today. Imported the main board and the PSU (hopefully will be recycled from a PC) as well as made a small size change for the cage to make in fit the parameters of the hole I’m putting it in.
2h 36m logged
Finished the Z axis mounts for the bed. They have ball joints (3d printed for cost saving) so the bed cam better change orientation for auto leveling and stuff. Only the electronics to go - FINAL STRETCH before ship!!!1!
53m 14s logged
Added mouting points to the bed and made the PEI plate. The only thing left to do is make the plastic mounting to the leadscrews. Last few steps before moving on from CAD. I am really excited to bring this project closer to reality!
34m logged
Created the bed which I am going to get machined from aluminum as well as started to add heaters to it.
29m logged
Started work on the Z-axis by placing the rails on the cage and putting the motors in their positions.
59m logged
Finally finished the gantry on the eight day. Next thing on the list is the z axis along with the bed.
1h 24m 1s logged
Finished the toolhead by adding mounting for two radial fans and ducts for those fans. Tomorrow will hopefully be the last day of work on the gantry.
37m logged
Created a simple mounting bracket for the top screws of the 40mm fan and a radial fan on the side (duct for print cooling will be made later).
1h 48m 41s logged
Added mount points for a 40mm fan on the x carriage and started work on mounting my x-axis pipe on the xy joints.
25m 36s logged
Couldn’t do a lot today. Just finalised the mount point of the hotend to the x carriage.
2h 3m logged
Measured my pipe to use for the X-Axis and started work on the hotend mount which I’m going to get machined from aluminum to be more stable, less breakable and more reusable.
1h 33m logged
Finished the right idler and both the started both the x-axis mounts. Just need to figure out what kind of pipe i’m going to use instead of makerbeam on the x-axis (it needs to be light).
1h 16m logged
Did some more work on my gantry. I made the right motor mount and expanded the footprint of the belt to span my entire movement area (spoiler - it’s gonna be BIG).
1h 45m logged
Adapted left belt idler and driver from the Voron Trident onto my cage. That’s about it…
2h 54m logged
Added mounts for the extruder and filament spool. Attached hinges on the front wall of the cage so it can actually be opened. Also overhauled the entire cage to use a caliber of aluminum pipe i actually have.
2h 35m logged
Built a simple aluminum pipe enclosure for the 3d printer and currently trying to adapt Voron Trident parts to form my corexy gantry. Enclosure uses acrylic sheets which will be cut to size. Hinges to be added for the from when i get the specific dimensions of pipe I will be working with.
