Folger Tech Kossel Unboxing and First Impressions (Pic Heavy) (Page 6 of 8)

I had to take off the spool holder to change rolls xD I'm gonna make one that sits on the table so it will be easy to switch. I'm also thinking of trying to make a top fed system. There is some room on the top, the roll could hang between the top bars or something.

I really started this enclosure because I was almost out of PLA and realized that my 2nd roll was ABS. Good excuse to build an enclosure haha. I think its working out really well though. I wonder how well the heat is being held in the chamber. I need an accurate thermometer.

^^ this!

Hi everyone;   I was leaning towards a Kossel 2020 delta printer from Folger Tech...  Then I found this forum and this thread...  I and ordered the printer this morning...  I want to thank all of you for the info that is here, great stuff..  I realize there are challenges but the knowing them makes it easier to handle..  I'm looking forward to the build and sharing my ups and downs with everyone... Now I can't wait....   any idea on the real turn around to ship... I read 2-5 business days...

carl_m1968...   Thanks for posting those links I down loaded them...

it isn't too bad of a kit to build. I got one, too.

the aluminum corners are just a hair off on the geometry, so it will take a little squeezing to get everything put together for the top & bottom sections, but it can be done. Be sure to check your plastic parts over carefully as well. a couple of my parts weren't very good quality and required re-printing - lucky for me, I have other printers to do that with. otherwise the kit goes together pretty well.

I did make a couple other minor changes during assembly - different end-stop mounts, an E3D Lite 6 hotend & a different extruder motor mount, but it is, for the most part, a good kit as shipped.

getting the effector dialed in to run level is the hardest part of the build - and it really isn't "hard" to do, just a little time consuming. Once it is dialed in tho, it works very well.

I think it poor practice but many businesses consider an item shipped when the tracking number is generated. For me its not shipped till its on the carriers truck, but they dont do it this way anymore.

Fedex picked it up this morning. 3 days of "handling" in my case but no estimate for delivery yet. As it is in NH at this point and has to get to AZ, there is no way this will arrive this week. So the weekend will be dedicated to make some room on the work bench as well as getting some boxes from HF to sort the bag of screws I've seen earlier in this thread.

Sigh, no such luck. It is going to arrive an Wednesday next week, 7 days from door to door.

They changed the design from when Heartless and I got ours. Ours had linear rails with built in sliders that mounted to each tower with 6 or 8 screws. There was then a printed part that mounted on those to connect the belts and CF rods to.

If go back to post 89 in this thread and watch that video you will see how yours should have been before they changed it. Not sure why they changed unless it was the cost of the rails which suspect..

Carl - mine has the roller wheels like MacPara's does. However, the cheap Sintron kit we got actually had better looking wheels so I made a swap...   one of my "minor" changes...

the bearing railss I think were swapped to the roller carriages for a couple of reasons. One was problems with the rails - sticky bearings and such - too many "claims" on them, the other is cost in general. the roller carriages are by far a cheaper alternative, and more than likely less problematic

Even still those are odd roller set ups. The ones I have seen use a roller on the back so it keeps the side wheels riding on the flats rather than in the grooves. But I guess that again would complicate and raise cost.

With that design unless there where wheels on all 4 sides you would need a sliding surface that would still create a significant amount of drag which is what you guys are probably feeling. However there is some considerable torque in those motors so it may not matter..