Hi everyone,
altough I am new to the forum, I am building and using RepRap 3D Printers for about two years now.
I have always hated the problem with overhangs and never liked to use support material. But after listening to a mathematical student, who developed the idea of rotating the objects during the print to overcome the problem, I had a slightly different idea: why dont we tilt the whole printer.
I found some ideas where people wanted to tilt the build platform but none where the whole printer is being tilted. Is there any project like this out there?
I have seen printers printing vertically, so theoretically it should work. To reduce the hardware complexity, I would use a polar coordinate printing system like the R-360 or the PiMaker. I also think that tilting it about 45 deg into both directions would be sufficient for many/most cases.
Now I would like to know what you think about this idea?
altough I am new to the forum, I am building and using RepRap 3D Printers for about two years now.
I have always hated the problem with overhangs and never liked to use support material. But after listening to a mathematical student, who developed the idea of rotating the objects during the print to overcome the problem, I had a slightly different idea: why dont we tilt the whole printer.
I found some ideas where people wanted to tilt the build platform but none where the whole printer is being tilted. Is there any project like this out there?
I have seen printers printing vertically, so theoretically it should work. To reduce the hardware complexity, I would use a polar coordinate printing system like the R-360 or the PiMaker. I also think that tilting it about 45 deg into both directions would be sufficient for many/most cases.
Now I would like to know what you think about this idea?