Yeah I think it's just that I thought it would be quite possible to be able to get the genuine hotends/extruders with my tight budget. I guess I'll take another look at all my parts and see what I'll do next. Thanks for your advice!by Riggi - Delta Machines
Yeah I've seen this Tevo Delta printer as well, but there is the price tag though, which is higher than what I'm looking for and just like DJDemonD mentioned, it probably has a clone hotend, extruder, ... which aren't as good as the originals.by Riggi - Delta Machines
I haven't ordered the parts yet. Current thing I'm looking into is my power supply, wiring and the screws and nuts I need for the build. When I compare different screw/nut kits for Kossels, or just BOM's in general, I notice that almost everyone has some kind of difference in the amount of screws and nuts they use for their printer. As a result, I'm not sure which screws or nuts and how many of tby Riggi - Delta Machines
I'm already buying quite some parts from Robotdigg (for example the corners, carriages, ...) so the shipping costs will be do-able. I might be able to split the shipping costs partly with a friend of mine if he decides to buy stuff as well for the printer he's planning on building. Also I've just taken a look at the technical drawings of the carriages, and the holes on the carriages never alignby Riggi - Delta Machines
You do realise as well that that TW-04-12-LLZ is 10,52 EUR for only one carriage right? The price for a TW-04-12 with a rail of 600 mm (same length as the Robotdigg ones) is 28,51 EUR. For 3 of those rails with carriage it would be 85,53 EUR already, which is actually more expensive than the Robotdigg ones and with less certainty how they will perform because not a lot of people use them.by Riggi - Delta Machines
Yeah I've taken a look at them but not all of the rails are "less expensive" though. I'm not sure those T-Low-profile guides will actually fit, considering the carriages sizes (would have to check the drawings of them to be sure). I was looking around and found these T-Automatics on their website, and they are like 54,60 euros for a single rail and carriage. It really depends which one you pick.by Riggi - Delta Machines
Hmm, I didn't expect the noise difference would be that big. Maybe I should stick with a Duet WiFi anyways then and indeed compromise on other parts. I'm kinda wary of using a clone head over an E3D V6 because I have heard about some issues people have with clone E3D V6'. Maybe I should settle for a E3D Lite then instead. I actually thought an E3D Lite could only print PLA but apparently it canby Riggi - Delta Machines
Hi, I'm currently in the progress of gathering all the parts I need to build myself a delta printer. As I'm on a rather tight budget, I'm looking for a cheap, second hand Duet 0.85 or Duet WiFi that someone has no use for anymore. If anyone can help me find one, or have one themselves they are looking to sell, it would be much appreciated! - Riggiby Riggi - Wanted
Haha alright, I'll look a bit around in a bit Thanks!by Riggi - Delta Machines
I'm pretty sure that I'll be using my 3D printer a lot, as I'm already printing at friends or at school quite often so that doesn't worry me. It's mainly just being on a tighter budget. Also, where do you think I'd find a second hand Duet board easily? And alright I'll go for some rails instead. Thanks!by Riggi - Delta Machines
Yeah exactly. I'm sure I'll be messing around with everything when I have the printer up and running. Today I did notice that the Duet board I was looking at, was actually a Duet 0.85 and not a Duet Wifi. The Duet Wifi is a lot more expensive but I think it's worth it to go for the Wifi over the 0.85, unless maybe I try to go for a Duet 0.85 along with a Wifi router (as stated here ). I've alsoby Riggi - Delta Machines
Alright I'll take a look around, thanks!by Riggi - Delta Machines
Does that mean there are different effector designs for the different kind of sensors or are they like modular?by Riggi - Delta Machines
I think I'll rather spare me the trouble of manually calibrating it and go for a sensor instead. Why should you wait with the effector/bed support until you've chosen a sensor? I suppose it is because you need to provide some space for the sensor so that it can be mounted on top of the effector?by Riggi - Delta Machines
Oh I haven't heard from these force sensitive resistors located under the bed supports yet. Guess I have some googling to do! And maybe the IR probe will work after all then. I guess it'll depend on what kind of frame I'll use, which depends on how much of my budget I'll have left. Thanks!by Riggi - Delta Machines
Hmm I see. I'll consider both the options. Thanks!by Riggi - Delta Machines
Ah I see. Kinda a shame that it had to take that long then, when now you could build it way faster. I was about to go for the RepRap firmware, as that's what runs on the Duet anyways, so it's good to hear the RepRap firmware works great. It's interesting to hear that the IR sensor isn't ideal whenever you want to use mesh bed compensation. I didn't even know what the mesh bed compensation was uby Riggi - Delta Machines
Alright, good to know I won't have to manually calibrate it all the time because auto calibrating works just fine.by Riggi - Delta Machines
Ah okay. I was probably going to go for your IR sensor so it's good to hear that auto calibrating works fine on a larger delta printer with it. I'll bookmark this link for when it's time to build my printer (which may still take a while sadly)by Riggi - Delta Machines
Yeah exactly. Maybe I should go with something smaller just to start with and just modify it bit by bit, instead of going for a bigger one with all the good stuff. I'm pretty sure I won't give up on it, considering I also will be using it for school related projects and probably also some personal projects if I have spare time for those. I already have experience with both the enjoyment and frustby Riggi - Delta Machines
Oh okay thanks for your explanation. I suppose it would be better to manually calibrate a bigger delta printer then? And thanks for the summary about a delta printer and it's speed compared to others. It still does seem to me like the more attractive option vs the others. Maybe this summary will be able to convince my friend and he will see the light after all!by Riggi - Delta Machines
It sounds smoother to calibrate a delta than I thought it is. It's interesting to hear that the larger the bed, the more difficult it becomes to auto calibrate a delta printer. Maybe I should try to go for a slightly smaller printer so I have less issues with calibrating the printer. But all in all, I do know a stepper from an endstop so I assume it's safe to go for a delta (which I was planningby Riggi - Delta Machines
Oh wow I was expecting it to take a while, but not about 2 years. You must've quite the perseverence to be able to stay interested in your project for so long. How did you experience calibrating your machine? Was it a pain in the ass? A friend of mine isn't convinced of my choice to build a Delta printer because he believes calibrating the printer will be a nightmare and you'll have to do it freqby Riggi - Delta Machines
No I don't mind your small sidetrack at all Nebbian! It's an interesting read, one of which I didn't know off yet. Thanks for informing! It's rather disappointing to hear that the CNC effector that's flying around is a rather poor design. Weight seems to be very important for printers just to have as little inertia as possible on the hot end. Maybe I'll make my own design or alter the existing oby Riggi - Delta Machines
Yeah I've read a lot already that with Delta printers, you have to make sure you build it well and take your time to get everything right. It does makes sense in a way that you could create the parts on your own, but it would probably be easier and faster for me to CNC the parts if I can use the one at my school. I'll see what I end up doing with the parts I guess and in the meantime look for theby Riggi - Delta Machines
That is true but that does take more work and you have to make sure that everythings exactly the same. Errors in the carriages/effector will probably show in the print quality or accuracy of the printer. I'll probably just keep it simple and either use the Robotdigg ones, CNC the parts or just use 3D printed parts to start with. Thanks for the advice! I'll see how the parts run without any lubeby Riggi - Delta Machines
That is true but that does take more work and you have to make sure that everythings exactly the same. Errors in the carriages/effector will probably show in the print quality or accuracy of the printer. I'll probably just keep it simple and either use the Robotdigg ones, CNC the parts or just use 3D printed parts to start with. Thanks for the advice! I'll see how the parts run without any lubeby Riggi - Delta Machines
It's great to hear the Haydn's rods don't detach at extreme speeds though! I wouldn't want to wake up one day with a mess all over my printer cause one of the arms detached. And hmm... I realised that an all metal build would be an improvement, but I didn't expect it to be that big of a difference really. Maybe I could CNC the parts at my school (if they'll allow me to). Guess I know what to do.by Riggi - Delta Machines
Alright I can scratch that off the list then! Thanks! I think I'll see what I'll get. It'll indeed be either the option you've mentioned, or maybe the BI V2.5 frame someone's selling on the deltabot google group. Do you know how much of a difference the Haydn's Magnetic rods are with and without the Delrin ends? There is quite a price difference between them and I'm not sure if it's worth it riby Riggi - Delta Machines
RC Car shock dampers would also do the trick I suppose! You would have to write quite a big upgrade blog if you switch to Haydn's rods, 2040 extrusions and linear rails. You have piqued my interest more with these PCB effector and carriage you're developing with T3P3 though! I'm curious as to what those will be like and what they'll do. Isn't there a possibility that the "PCB effector" could beby Riggi - Delta Machines