St Taw. A Tool Changing 3D Printer Part 2
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2024
- A 3D Tool Changing printer called ‘St Taw’. Part 2.
This shows 4 Heads now have been made. Three using extruders via Bowden cables. One using direct drive.
Started cabinet enclosure.
Control Panel added.
Lighting added.
fine machine, I'm also building a tool changer, direct drive with Sherpa Mini, and 3 Z belt drives. you were one of the inspirers.
Thanks for that. The Z axis has been very stable. No need to keep Z plane mapping. Impressed by the up coming Prusa XL machine how it locks the head using the XY motion. Saves a motor and cabling.
Really lots of thoughts and skills went into this printer. Well done!
There is some beautiful detail in your printer, thanks for sharing it. Liked and subscribed.
Not 'his' printer... its E3D's...
@@HDFoxra : My car might have been designed by Ford, but it is still my car.
I can only comment on what is shown in the video, and I liked a lot of what I saw. I am here for the enjoyment and inspiration I get from UA-cam, not to enter into someone else's bunfight.
Enclosed Core XY, E3D tool changer and zesty nimble has to be the future of 3D printing. Check out the kinematically mounted bed used on the jubilee 3D printer
Beautiful design! What thickness of spring steel are you using for the toolhead cable guides? I'm trying to source some and need to figure out what will give the right amount of flex. (Also, what kind of paint? Curious if basic hardware-store enamel will hold up.)
I used the steel from a dewalt dw100 bandsaw fine tooth blade. I ground off the teeth. The width was then 6.7mm wide. The manufacturing thickness is stated as 0.14" or 0.36mm. I have measure mine as 0.47mm painted. I used car enamel paint. No cracking experienced.
How thick is the tooling plate you used for the XY platform and how did you opt to have it cut? Plasma?
6mm Ground Aluminium plate. Cut on my sons home made CNC machine using end mill.
really cool,
so what is the wheight of one head (with or without e3d v6 ) ???
with the zesti you will gain in weight but retraction is a nightmare jsute like bowden because of the gear ratio which means same ratio X reaction.
what is your printing volume ? and speed with direct drive ?
so you still do not want to release your files for the tool changer ???
but congrats you made a very very clean job.
The difference between the Bowden head and the direct drive head is the additional weight of the E3D extruder plus the stepper motor. The Zesty Nimble will replace both of these. So I believe the weight will only be a little more than the Bowden head.
Note sure why retraction will be a nightmare? Is it because the nimble motor needs to run 10 times faster? The bowden tube build up is reduced. Anyway i'll let you know the progress.
Print volume is about a 300mm cube as shown in first video.
Most of my drawings are in 2D and not complete or modified. The CNC files are adapted for my machine and tools. As I have said before I would recommend the E3D heads as better support when available. However the chassis drawings may be of interest and I will try and tidy them up and release in future.
Saint Taw Hey I’m very impressed by your tool changer system and printer. Very cool about the Oragami metal work. I just thought I’d leave you a comment and say it’s bloody awesome fair play it’s amazing
@@sainttaw2616 no problem, and 2d drawings are good, I just build a cnc to build my futur next printer with a tool changer.
And I can't wait to mill the same kind of x gantry as e3d (the new version in aluminum)
Amazing printer. Very well done.
That was quick! Thanks.
@@sainttaw2616 I'm subscribed. Can't wait to see more. Came from the Duet Forums. Hope to see a full write up.
That's not 'his' printer... that was designed by E3D. All he did was cut some acrylic for slots that allowed his 'external' stuff passage. . . Also weird that he made his own tool head, as the ones provided by E3D with that printer are pretty darn good...
You can just use a microswitch for proving so xe your carriage without tools is shorter than the tools
Hi, big fan of your design !!
I have to ask you as I have not in the past and didn’t think about the consequences from other people. I shared your first video in a playlist I made, and also share it to a group on Facebook.
I just want to make sure you are alright with that. The Facebook group is called “tool changing 3D printers” and we would love to have you there !
If this is not alright, I will remove your first video now and not share the second one. I’ll wait to hear from you
I have no problem with that. For me this is what its all about sharing ideas.
@@vivianwatts9863 thank you very much mate !!
@@vivianwatts9863 I'm all about open source and the operate on the same logic you do.
The tool changing 3d printer group on Facebook is really cool actually, there are a bunch of us all sharing ideas together on open source designs ! Lots of fun and I'm sure youd enjoy it !
@@vivianwatts9863 facebook.com/groups/237615240416855/