Rostock Design

Hey guys,

I've built and designed a few printers in the past but I want to try and build a Rostock for a change.

Can the frame be as wide as I want, or do I need to stick to certain measurements? Because the rods you can buy that attach the extruder to the rails only come in standard lengths right?

This is my biggest question. For example my other printer which is made from 20x20 extrusion was just assembled as big as I wanted it. As long as I had rods long enough, we were in business.

Thanks for any advice

See the delta section of this forum. All sorts of more relevant info there. Depending on your comfort level and tools you can make whatever size arms you want. There are also people who will make up custom sets to order.

As Koko76 says, see the delta section for more advice - but you can make the rods to whatever length you need. You might want to consider a later delta design such as the Kossel. I describe a Kossel variant designed for 300mm printable diameter in my blog - see link in my signature.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2016 01:31PM by dc42.

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