Looks like I need a new printer!
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@PaulHew as long as UK is part of the European trade union, you won't be paying import tax on RatRig as they're based in Portugal.
That said, I had an order with them which I cancelled after five or so weeks -- they're seemingly victims of their own success and have met challenges scaling their operations. They're very friendly and helpful and there's a pretty welcoming community about RatRig on Facebook.
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There are many places that sell the cut extrusions. Here is just one of them, so you may find somewhere a bit closer at equal or cheaper price. It's all the same stuff.
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@jay_s_uk said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
There are many places that sell the cut extrusions. Here is just one of them, so you may find somewhere a bit closer at equal or cheaper price. It's all the same stuff.
Actually it isn't all the same stuff.
If you intend to use V-Wheels running on the slots then that stuff you linked just will not do the job properly you do need the Proper V Slot profile and not T-Slot like the Valuframe or even the motels or bosch-rexroth profiles for that matter.
Just my 2 pence (Cents) thoughts.
Doug
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@paulhew You need also to think about how you are going to join the extrusion together. I favour the technique whereby you tap the ends of the extrusion, insert a button head screw, then drill a hole in the side of the other member that forms the corner. The side hole is clearance diameter for an Allen key. Like this
The "button head" of the screw slides into the slot in the mating extrusion. It's much neater, and cheaper, and arguably stronger than using those God awful brackets. The ends of the extrusion are already drilled to take the right size tap but many suppliers will tap the ends for you if you want. Drilling the holes in the sides is a little more tricky - I managed to do all mine with a hand held power drill but a bench drill or better still a small mill, would have made life easier.
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Thanks @deckingman - I have a friend who has a bench drill / mill and he owes me a few favours!
There is a lot of 90 degree brackets on the BLV, still have not made my mind up.
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To expand on @deckingman excellent advise, I use these from Motedis:
https://www.motedis.com/shop/Nutprofil-Zubehoer/Zubehoer-20-I-Typ-Nut-5/Verbinder-Winkel/Standardverbinder-20-I-Typ-Nut-5::570.html. It is the same principle as @deckingman uses but the plate will assure a straight connection between the 2 extrusions. Drilling holes in the extrusion is not hard to do with the right tools (and some cutting oil
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@whosrdaddy said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
To expand on @deckingman excellent advise, I use these from Motedis:
https://www.motedis.com/shop/Nutprofil-Zubehoer/Zubehoer-20-I-Typ-Nut-5/Verbinder-Winkel/Standardverbinder-20-I-Typ-Nut-5::570.html. It is the same principle as @deckingman uses but the plate will assure a straight connection between the 2 extrusions. Drilling holes in the extrusion is not hard to do with the right tools (and some cutting oil
)That's a good find - looks like they will give a bit more contact area than just the button head. I'll bear those in mind if I ever build another printer.
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@t3p3tony said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
... there is a tendency in 3d printer designs to repeat errors that have been well documented before (for example over constraining axis).
@t3p3tony, can you explain over constraining? For example, in the larger version of hypercube evo, the Z bed it supported by four vertical rods and moved by two lead screws. What are the over constrains in this example?
Also, the bed is supported and leveled by 4 screws. Is it also an over constrain?
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@zapta You would need one rod to fix the bed in X and Y, and another rod to keep the bed from rotating around the first rod. Anything more is technically over constrained. But in reality there are no perfectly rigid bodies and things do flex and sag, so adding more constraints can be used to overcome those problems, however it's not without its own problems, like binding when things aren't perfectly aligned. Or at least aligned to within tolerance.
For the bed leveling, 3 points define a plane, 4 points define a saddle parabola. If the bed is rigid enough to maintain a flat plane when supported at only 3 points leveling will be much easier. If the bed is too flexible to be adequately supported by 3 points, then 4 points can be used, and can still arrive at a flat plane, but it will take far more adjustment to take the twist out of the saddle.
If you're really interested in mechanical constraints in 3D printers I suggest this book: http://www.sublimepublications.com/store/p1/3D_Printer_Engineering_Volume_1%3A_Motion_Platform_Design.html
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@zapta said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
@t3p3tony said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
... there is a tendency in 3d printer designs to repeat errors that have been well documented before (for example over constraining axis).
@t3p3tony, can you explain over constraining? For example, in the larger version of hypercube evo, the Z bed it supported by four vertical rods and moved by two lead screws. What are the over constrains in this example?
Also, the bed is supported and leveled by 4 screws. Is it also an over constrain?
IMO that's a classic case of being over constrained. The vertical rods should not support the bed - that's the job of the lead screws. The vertical rods should only prevent the bed from moving in the X or Y directions and two rods, one at each opposite corner is enough to do that. Trying to accurately align two rods so that they are perfectly parallel is difficult enough, three is even worse and four is asking for trouble. But then lifting a bed with only two screws is also asking for trouble...........
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I do wish we could make getting a RailCore to the UK easier. Shipping and customs suck.
Co-Creator of the RailcoreII CoreXY printer
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@phaedrux said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
If you're really interested in mechanical constraints in 3D printers I suggest this book: http://www.sublimepublications.com/store/p1/3D_Printer_Engineering_Volume_1%3A_Motion_Platform_Design.html
I will take a look, thanks.
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@kraegar said in Looks like I need a new printer!:
I do wish we could make getting a RailCore to the UK easier. Shipping and customs suck.
Might be worth checking whether Ooznest stocks many of the parts already. If so then perhaps they could supply kits in this part of the world. They are already a Duet3D distributor.
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@PaulHew How are you getting along? Any enlightening moments (so long as they weren't sod this!
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@DocTrucker It is built!
mmmm Enlightening moments... Yes I nearly did have a "Why am I bothering and a F### it"-
Ordered the 8x2x2 leadscrews from reprapworld and 2 out of 3 were bent, enough so I could scratch my back with them!
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Misumi 15x15 extrusuions. In the UK / Eu, if you want to order them you have to have a company as in a Ltd with a VAT number. Anywhere else in the world you can order directly from Misumi. Self employed does not count!
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Customs charges - They do like to screw us!
I bought the Z yokes, magnum pulleys, pulley mounts, stepper mounts and some other bits from Mandala Rose Works. £80 customs.
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Linear Rails - was not going to mess around so found a supplier who gave me a price for all 6 rails and blocks for £380 in Hywin
Would I build another? Yes I probably would, but I would ask people in the UK to CNC some parts for me. Some parts have been designed by Mandala Rose and 713 so they would be harder to get made in the UK and I do not think that they would hand over the files that easily.
Stil some tweaking to do but it works and prints at an insane speed.
Without the help of the Railcore discord and Facebook pages, i would not of got there.
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