RailCore II corexy

T3P3Tony

@kraegar great work! I was impressed with both the Railcore and Project-Red's machines I saw at MRRF and I know you have continued to improve them!

nhof

Can't wait to see these kits available. I have looked over Project R3d printers and was liked the build quality so I expect the kits will be excellent. Good people too.

kraegar

Thanks @T3P3Tony! Looking forward to the "easier shopping" aspect of the kit for sure.

@nhof Yeah - their printers were really nice. We're already trading design ideas back and forth, too. Initially the kits will mostly be a 'parts bundle' of the BOM parts, but over time I expect it to offer some real advantages to make it easier to build (wiring harness, pre-tapped extrusions, labeled parts, etc)

projectR3D

The Kit Pre-orders for the first batch of are live! Reserve your spot in line! https://www.projectr3d.com/products/railcore-ii-300zl-full-kit-pre-order

The first run will require you to tap your extrusion, we will be building the jigs to utilize our power taps in the future. As the RailCore Team continues to improve the printers we will work with the to provide what we can in the kits. Let us know what you want to see and if you have any questions let us know!
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PlasticMetal

What's the status of the kits? Has the first batch shipped yet?

I'm hoping by the 2nd or 3rd batch to have the cash available to purchase one. After self-sourcing my delta, and the considerable extra time and cash outlay that's been, I'm ready for another kit.

kraegar

First kit shipped and the rest will be going out soon!

PlasticMetal

Thanks for the update, kraegar. Will the 2nd batch be in mid- to late November?

kraegar

@plasticmetal said in RailCore II corexy:

Thanks for the update, kraegar. Will the 2nd batch be in mid- to late November?

Project R3d handles all the logistics with the kits, so I'm not sure of the answer on that. You can email them and I'm sure they'll give you a timeframe, though!

Jared_Braden

@kraegar The RailCore II 300ZL kit looks amazing and I am definitely saving up for this to be one of my next 3D printer purchase. I also wanted to say that the "Halo" prototype looks good and I wanted to suggest a idea for it. You should expand the Halo exterior profile to add slots for a removable top enclosure made of acrylic or PC. Thought it would be a good addition to the optional upgrades for the kit. I only suggested the profile expansion because from the photo I do not believe the moving components would have proper clearance with the current slots in the design.

PlasticMetal

Where can I see this "Halo" prototype?

kraegar

@Jared_Braden we have designs for a top enclosure in testing, and some changes coming. it will be both "halo" and "standard" compatible.

@PlasticMetal Here's the YouTube video where I installed and discussed the halo on my 250. I've turned the model for the 300zl halo over to 713maker for milling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udGI_555m0

Phaedrux

3D Printing Nerd did a quick review of the Rail Core II 300ZL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wYGaTCIW8

Such a slick kit.

Killerm1

@kraegar Hi,
Thanks for all the hard work on the railcore. I have just ordered the parts to build this
was wondering if it is possible to get the model for the halo 300zl so i can get it milled locally? is way to expensive to get it sent to australia.

kraegar

The halo files will be released once they've been tested on a 300zl, and confirmed to work. Then I'll clean up a lot of cruft from the design, and publish it. Probably within a week or so of testing, depending on my work schedule.

Wyvern

Sweet, Linear rails on the Z axis, exactly what I was thinking about, lets see those feeble lead screws try to wobble that bed ha!

kraegar

@wyvern Especially if you put the aluminum yokes on.

Killerm1

@kraegar great! Thanks again

PlasticMetal

What's up with the RailCore forum and wiki? The security certificates expired over 2 weeks ago on the forum, and 10 days ago on the wiki. Prior to that, the forum had been getting bombed by Russian spam, and it didn't seem any admins were paying attention.

I'm trying my best to not get sucked into the cesspool that is Facebook, but it seems that's the only place still alive.

kraegar

Sorry, yeah. Our domain admin has been awol a bit now. We're migrating content from the wiki over to github ( https://railcore.github.io/ ). Not sure what we'll do with the forum long term yet, it was pretty under utilized.

In the meantime, #RailCore on IRC, or our discord channel at https://discord.gg/6kPKDRZ are good ways to communicate.

PlasticMetal

Thanks for the update and alternatives. Not a fan of Discord, either, but it's better than FB.
Are you still using SuperLube brand oil with PTFE for your linear rail carriages?