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ntar827

Fishing string
April 07, 2015 03:06PM

Registered: 11 years ago
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Has anyone built a CoreXY using fishing string instead of belts?

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Kurzaa

Re: Fishing string
April 07, 2015 04:29PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 569

RichRap released his own H-Bot / CoreXY design called the Slic3DR (?). Not sure it is a true CoreXY, but I thought he used fishing line.

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gmh39

Re: Fishing string
April 08, 2015 04:22PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 553

I built one a few months ago. It worked but I personally prefer belts. the cost savings isn't really worth the hassle.

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Zavashier

Re: Fishing string
April 08, 2015 06:04PM

Registered: 9 years ago
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What I note with fish strings, it's people use them, then upgrade with timing belts anyway.

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tarjeik

Re: Fishing string
April 08, 2015 06:36PM

Registered: 10 years ago
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Nicholas Seward built his CoreXZ with fishing line IIRC

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SydneyDesigner

Re: Fishing string
April 08, 2015 08:01PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 27

Check out the F306 printer and F306 video

You could also consider Kevlar or Vectran line - I believe a 0.5 mm diameter line of these stretches about the same as a typical fibre reinforced GT2 belt (and stretches about 100 times less than 0.5 mm diameter Spectra).