Hello all,
Some of you are probably already aware of this printer from hackaday or the thingiverse page. I thought I'd also make a forum post for those who frequent these forums.
The UConduit is a 3d printer built with a frame that uses standard electrical conduit like the stuff you'd find at the hardware store. I wanted a printer that went back to the hardware store roots of the prusa i2, but with an h-bot design that uses no moving motors for a lightweight gantry, much like the ultimaker. The printer is fully open source (github) and designed using open source tools (OpenSCAD). It's easy to scale (in fact, someone has already made a jumbo version of it (here) with 410mm build area per side). The build volume of the standard printer is ~250mm on each dimension.
Since it's initial release, I've added a BOM and an interactive full SCAD model of the printer. A build guide should be coming along soon as well.
Here's a video of mine printing an octopus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MlaBWCTPU
I'll add more videos soon, but I've been busy busy busy! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. You can join the fun, ask specific questions or post your own h-bot/corexy designs on the google group.
Some of you are probably already aware of this printer from hackaday or the thingiverse page. I thought I'd also make a forum post for those who frequent these forums.
The UConduit is a 3d printer built with a frame that uses standard electrical conduit like the stuff you'd find at the hardware store. I wanted a printer that went back to the hardware store roots of the prusa i2, but with an h-bot design that uses no moving motors for a lightweight gantry, much like the ultimaker. The printer is fully open source (github) and designed using open source tools (OpenSCAD). It's easy to scale (in fact, someone has already made a jumbo version of it (here) with 410mm build area per side). The build volume of the standard printer is ~250mm on each dimension.
Since it's initial release, I've added a BOM and an interactive full SCAD model of the printer. A build guide should be coming along soon as well.
Here's a video of mine printing an octopus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MlaBWCTPU
I'll add more videos soon, but I've been busy busy busy! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. You can join the fun, ask specific questions or post your own h-bot/corexy designs on the google group.