Help me find this printer? So I have a healthy budget for a new printer, 4 digits, and had seen one I really liked in the past but cant find its name. It was an extruded aluminum frame very similar to the hypercube design but could be bought directly from a company (not sure if it was a kit), it had linear rails and dual z leadscrews with a belt connecting them to a single stepper. Really what im after is theese few key things: *pretty big volume *linear rail x y *solid z *heated bed *must be already assembled or at least kit corexy and bedleveling are both a plus Any suggestions? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852289#msg-852289 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:52:30 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852457#msg-852457 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852457#msg-852457 DaGameFace General Sat, 04 May 2019 08:44:12 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852446#msg-852446 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852446#msg-852446
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cozmicray
Folgertech buildplate material

Aluminium composite material (ACM), are flat panels consisting of
two thin aluminium sheets bonded to a non-aluminium core.
The standard ACP core is polyethylene (PE) or polyurethane (PU).

The older FT-5 used Melamine sheets
Now all use ACM

See

[www.folgerforum.com]

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Sound like it's basically Dibond.

Review from back in 2010 by Hydraraptor:
>> [hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

The Mendel also used a Dibond heated bed:
>> [reprap.org]]]> Ohmarinus General Sat, 04 May 2019 04:17:16 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852436#msg-852436 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852436#msg-852436
Aluminium composite material (ACM), are flat panels consisting of
two thin aluminium sheets bonded to a non-aluminium core.
The standard ACP core is polyethylene (PE) or polyurethane (PU).

The older FT-5 used Melamine sheets
Now all use ACM

See

[www.folgerforum.com]

:S]]> cozmicray General Fri, 03 May 2019 22:53:37 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852420#msg-852420 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852420#msg-852420
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DaGameFace
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orbitalair
FolgerTech FT5 or FT6 ??

2 week lead time.

Bonus is that its NOT 4 figures !
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cozmicray
Folgertech:

FT-5, FT-6 Kits

[folgertech.com]

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I think we have a winner, have not seen this printer before but I like it

Then don't forget to get all the extras like the Rasperry Pi touchscreen, Dual Bowden system. Unless you will never print in two colors and are absolutely sure you won't in the future, then it may be a good idea to just get the normal direct drive extruder as they give better performance (less retraction needed etc).

That folgertech FT-6 is a very nice machine, I am curious about the buildplate material. Can you get PEI sheets in that huge size? You surely need a good bonding buildplate for such a size because shrinkage will become a big problem with long objects.]]> Ohmarinus General Fri, 03 May 2019 15:03:53 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852397#msg-852397 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852397#msg-852397
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orbitalair
FolgerTech FT5 or FT6 ??

2 week lead time.

Bonus is that its NOT 4 figures !
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cozmicray
Folgertech:

FT-5, FT-6 Kits

[folgertech.com]

:S

I think we have a winner, have not seen this printer before but I like it]]> DaGameFace General Fri, 03 May 2019 11:03:15 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852352#msg-852352 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852352#msg-852352
FT-5, FT-6 Kits

[folgertech.com]

:S]]> cozmicray General Thu, 02 May 2019 16:07:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852351#msg-852351 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852351#msg-852351
2 week lead time.

Bonus is that its NOT 4 figures !]]> orbitalair General Thu, 02 May 2019 16:06:45 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852295#msg-852295 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852295#msg-852295
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Dust
Perhaps a railcore from [www.kraegar.com] ? I believe it is a kit only.

Very close to the one I had seen, unfortunately there is a 3-5 week lead time on kits for that railcore]]> DaGameFace General Wed, 01 May 2019 22:12:33 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852294#msg-852294 Re: Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852294#msg-852294 www.kraegar.com] ? I believe it is a kit only.]]> Dust General Wed, 01 May 2019 20:43:40 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852289#msg-852289 Help me find this printer? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,852289,852289#msg-852289
It was an extruded aluminum frame very similar to the hypercube design but could be bought directly from a company (not sure if it was a kit), it had linear rails and dual z leadscrews with a belt connecting them to a single stepper.

Really what im after is theese few key things:
*pretty big volume
*linear rail x y
*solid z
*heated bed
*must be already assembled or at least kit
corexy and bedleveling are both a plus

Any suggestions?]]> DaGameFace General Wed, 01 May 2019 17:08:49 -0400