Hi everyone,
After my first printer, a cheap Prusa i3 clone kit. I'd like to build another printer the reprap way. I read quite a bit in the old reprap blogs about how things were done back in the days. Printed linear bearings, geared extruders, printed bed springs, printed belts, printed electronics, Acorn nut nozzles.
Most of the stuff is done differently now. A lot of the printed parts are replaced by vitamins now, I suspect mostly because of reliability issues. Even extruders are mostly bought nowadays.
Unfortunately the information about the "failures" and dead ends in the reprap development process seem not to be documented anywhere properly. Also, because of the abundance of developers, each having their own go at things, there is a staggering amount of different desings.
For now I am especially interested in useable, reliable designs for printed LM8UU bearings, motor pulleys and idler pulleys?
Do printed lead screw nuts work?
How much hours of printing can I expect from a gregs wades extruder before it needs new gears?
Is a geared extruder really necessary with 1,75 mm filament?
What is your favorite printed reprap part?
Thank you very much in advance for your Informations.
All the best,
Christian