Modifications to my printer
Posted by the_digital_dentist
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Modifications to my printer October 16, 2016 11:25PM |
I did two modifications today. I replaced the printed ABS X axis belt tensioner with one made from aluminum. The ABS part was distorting due to belt tension and heat so I finally got around to a redesign using 1.5 x 2" rectangular aluminum tubing. In all it took less time to fabricate the part from aluminum than it took to print the part I've been using.
At the Milwaukee Maker Faire a few weeks ago a lot of people really liked the single walled vases I was printing with fluorescent green TPU filament. I decided to add a UV light bar to the machine for occasions when it is on display and printing fluorescent filament:
It's a Nanoxia 20 cm UV LED bar from amazon,com. It shipped in a clear plastic tube, so I decided to use it to protect the LED bar. I printed clips to hold the light bar inside the plastic tube, and then printed two more clips to hold the tube to the printer's 8020 frame. When I was ordering the LED bar I also ordered a 6-pack of buck converters that convert 24V to 12V. I connected one of the converters to the LED bar (it fit inside the plastic tube!) and wired it into my printer (Son of Megamax).
Here's a vase printing with a fluorescent green PLA filament sample from Coex3D that I picked up at the Maker Faire.
Ultra MegaMax Dominator 3D printer: [drmrehorst.blogspot.com]
At the Milwaukee Maker Faire a few weeks ago a lot of people really liked the single walled vases I was printing with fluorescent green TPU filament. I decided to add a UV light bar to the machine for occasions when it is on display and printing fluorescent filament:
It's a Nanoxia 20 cm UV LED bar from amazon,com. It shipped in a clear plastic tube, so I decided to use it to protect the LED bar. I printed clips to hold the light bar inside the plastic tube, and then printed two more clips to hold the tube to the printer's 8020 frame. When I was ordering the LED bar I also ordered a 6-pack of buck converters that convert 24V to 12V. I connected one of the converters to the LED bar (it fit inside the plastic tube!) and wired it into my printer (Son of Megamax).
Here's a vase printing with a fluorescent green PLA filament sample from Coex3D that I picked up at the Maker Faire.
Ultra MegaMax Dominator 3D printer: [drmrehorst.blogspot.com]
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