A5 Powder bed printer
A5 Powder Bed Printer
Release status: Just started
Description | Building a Powder bed 3D printer.
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License | GPL
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A5 Powder bed Printer
A number of people have built powderbed printers, but a lack of detail makes it hard for many to build their own, I hope to build one and explain each step, so that others can follow, using equipment and materials that are off the shelf wherever possible.
The principle of a Powderbed printer is simple, take an existing printer, make it into a flat bed, and mount it above some powder, but as always the devil is in the detail, we have various aspects to make the whole,
Printer
HP dj2050
Recoat mechanism
Powder bins mechanism
Motors
Electronics
Software