Topic: Filastruder as hot end
Would it be possible to mount a filastruder facing downwards (like a 3d printer hot end) and move it with motors (x,y,z) to create an enormous 3d printer?
- jesse
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Re: Filastruder as hot end
It might be. Early repraps took plastic from found sources such as milk bottles and used that plastic.
The rational as to why 3d printers moved to filament is to simply the printing process. You know that you are getting constant amounts of plastic for every step of the extruder allowing you to minimize parameters in the 3d printing problem.
Like wise by having a separate filament producing robot you can focus on consistency of the resulting filament.
Re: Filastruder as hot end
Plus your printer would bee slooooooow.
Ralph
Re: Filastruder as hot end
Ralphxyz wrote:
Plus your printer would bee slooooooow.
Ralph
Not only because of increased mass, but also the Filastruder's output rate! With a 1.75mm nozzle, you'd have to print at about 5mm/s.
Re: Filastruder as hot end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvRTHynk9KA
something like this?
now... to get my hands on a retired car factory robot to turn into a life-size object printing robot of great justice!
Re: Filastruder as hot end
Damm, they are using that robot just to hold the camera, that seems like a waste.
Ralph
Re: Filastruder as hot end
Ralphxyz wrote:
Damm, they are using that robot just to hold the camera, that seems like a waste.
Ralph
nah, the robot made the chair, then it holds the camera. its multi-talented!
Re: Filastruder as hot end
Those things are seriously expensive (many millions of $)....
Re: Filastruder as hot end
reesy wrote:
Those things are seriously expensive (many millions of $)....
there was a website around that had used/retired ones for anywhere from 30k to 150k. so they are very pricy indeed! wouldn't want to imagine buying a new one. lol
Re: Filastruder as hot end
reesy wrote:
Those things are seriously expensive (many millions of $)....
I am trying to imagineer making a robot to move my 3doodler http://www.the3doodler.com/.
I don't know what controller would be available.
Ralph