Topic: What are the main hurdles in expanding the printing area?
Hi,
I'm new here, and a complete newbie in electronics and mechanics.
I have 30 years of experience on computers and 15 years in 3D modeling though
Now, I am waiting my first printer, the OneUp. USPS says the office received the package, so I wait it for November, I hope.
I know it's not the best printer one can buy, but I could only afford THIS printer and I feel lucky there is such a low cost product around.
Now, I am without a job and with much free time, and this printer has quite a limited printing area.
My question is: is it so difficult to expand the printing area?
I mean, if I change the arms with longer ones, what are the problems that may occur?
My first thought is that the first thing to consider is precision.
Longer arms mean more oscillation, but I can overcome this "easily", I think: I can constrict the whole static structure in a good wooden box and the printer will be rock solid.
I already have intention to do it with the OneUp as it is, as I see lot of people found problems with Z wobbling and other low sharpness constructions issues.
The second thing is, of course, the bed. I don't have the heated one and don't plan to buy it soon. I'll see.
But basically, I'll need a larger bed if I want to expand the printing area.
So, is glass ok for a non heated bed?
I was also thinking, what about trying some type of plexiglass?
Glass would probably suffer of not sticking the print at all, while plexiglass would probably suffer the opposite, what's your experience?
The third one is the belt that moves the extruder: where to find it?
How to have it the exact dimensions I need?
The fourth thing is about electronics, and that's what scares me more.
I have no experience or knowledge whatsoever in electronics, apart knowing what transistors and diodes are, and how to install hard disks and RAM and graphic boards and break old CD drives to steal the laser diode from them
I don't know how to program firmwares, I don't know how Arduino works etc.
So, if the electronic part needs rework, I'm already stuck probably, unless it's a thing of replacing a transistor, I can still use a welder.
Are there more issues?
Thank you in advance for your help