Hey,
i've been watching the Tantillus project since it's early days when the Indiegogo campaign launched and since then haven't seen so much other printers that print with a quality like Tantillus does with a size as small as 20x20x30cm. Great job, Sublime!
As i'm still searching for a small, low energy desktop printer for PLA only, Tantillus came back to my mind and i'm currently trying to find out the kinks for building one in Europe. As you might know imperial hardware is hard to get here so i'm looking for alternatives
I finally found some laser cutting services that can cut me some 6mm acrylic but it's more expensive than i thought. How much did it cost for you guys that already built an acrylic version? looks like it's around 100€ here (which is about 130$ USD). Going with the printed version is not an alternative for me as i'd like to have a beautiful piece on my desk and the acrylic version really looks neat. :)
I would guess that most of the screws are probably replaceable by metric screws with nearly the same size. Also the lead screw probably wouldn't be a problem as i'm thinking about going with the new cable version, but there are still some pieces where i'm unsure:
- the 5/16" rods need to be below 8mm to get the pushed into the bearings, right? do the 5/16" fit tight?
- is the acrylic meant to be 6mm?
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more questions not related to metric/imperial
- i'd go with 1,75mm filament - anything that i need to watch besides the ptfe tubing, extruder and hotend?
- i'd like to use the reprapdiscount.com smart controller as a display - there should be enough room to get it into the front after modifying the drawings? or is there anything in that room that i don't see on pictures and plans so far?
Well that's all i can imagine now. I hope someone with metric building experience can help here.
Thanks,
Frank
i've been watching the Tantillus project since it's early days when the Indiegogo campaign launched and since then haven't seen so much other printers that print with a quality like Tantillus does with a size as small as 20x20x30cm. Great job, Sublime!
As i'm still searching for a small, low energy desktop printer for PLA only, Tantillus came back to my mind and i'm currently trying to find out the kinks for building one in Europe. As you might know imperial hardware is hard to get here so i'm looking for alternatives
I finally found some laser cutting services that can cut me some 6mm acrylic but it's more expensive than i thought. How much did it cost for you guys that already built an acrylic version? looks like it's around 100€ here (which is about 130$ USD). Going with the printed version is not an alternative for me as i'd like to have a beautiful piece on my desk and the acrylic version really looks neat. :)
I would guess that most of the screws are probably replaceable by metric screws with nearly the same size. Also the lead screw probably wouldn't be a problem as i'm thinking about going with the new cable version, but there are still some pieces where i'm unsure:
- the 5/16" rods need to be below 8mm to get the pushed into the bearings, right? do the 5/16" fit tight?
- is the acrylic meant to be 6mm?
-
more questions not related to metric/imperial
- i'd go with 1,75mm filament - anything that i need to watch besides the ptfe tubing, extruder and hotend?
- i'd like to use the reprapdiscount.com smart controller as a display - there should be enough room to get it into the front after modifying the drawings? or is there anything in that room that i don't see on pictures and plans so far?
Well that's all i can imagine now. I hope someone with metric building experience can help here.
Thanks,
Frank