I am finishing my large format Delta printer:
Raptosaur.
Some features:
- Print area: 14" (355 mm) diameter (or 17" (431 mm) wide) by 24" (609 mm) tall.
- Temperature controlled build chamber to allow building big without shrinkage problems
- Double pane Lexan window
- Carbon fiber rods
- Magnetic ball joints
- High temperature neodymium magnets in the carbon fiber rods
- Heated build plate made from cast aluminum tooling plate
- High resolution (400 step), high torque Nema 23 stepper motors
- Custom direct-drive Bowden Extruder (using the same model stepper)
- Custom Hot-End using coaxial cooling (details in another post)
- The case is made from 3/4″ MDO plywood
- A Rumba controller (for now), I am looking for a 32-bit controller!
Details and video here on my page:
PaulWanamaker.wordpress.com
I want to thank everyone in the RepRap community for all the great ideas. I will be posting build details and some shortcuts I've discovered along the way.
This printer took about a year to design and model, and about 6 months to build - almost everything is custom.
I will be using this printer to create full size anatomical models (like animal bones/skulls) for local schools, and full size prototypes of mechanical parts for some robotic machines I will be building.
I apologize ahead of time for the slow pace of my posting - so much to do!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2014 02:29AM by Paul Wanamaker.
