Meet the RepRap AtomX

Cliff has decided on the name for his new machine: it is AtomX.

Here is the pre-assembly video:



More details and files to build it can be found at:

http://reprap.org/wiki/AtomX

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1444061

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Help Cliff name his new RepRap!

Cliff is in action again!!! Swedish 3d printing guru designed a new small RepRap and he wants YOU to help him name it! Live him a comment under a video with your idea.
The no-name RepRap is a interesting looking machine that has many 3d printed structure parts that can be produced on a standard sized printbed.




Cliff is well known for his Fubot i1 and Funbot Pro.

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RepRapPro Ormerod 2 3d printer just released

RepRapPro just release Ormerod 2 3d printer which features many improvements over the first version and the lower price.


Oremerod 2 tech specs:

• Full open-source self-replicating RepRap
• New 32-bit Arduino-compatible Duet electronics enable control via a web-browser
• Wiring loom for simple plug-in connection – no soldering
• IR probing for self-aligned printing – no bed adjustment required
• Build volume: 200x200x200mm
• Overall size: 500x460x410mm
• Weight: 6 Kg
• Printing materials: ABS, PLA, 1.75mm diameter thermoplastic.
• Build surface: PCB-heated bed to reduce complexity of assembly and to ensure parts do not warp.
• Computer interfaces: USB and Ethernet
• X-carriage: Three Z-adjustable deposition head mounts; one head supplied
• Motion: Linear ball bearings on X, Y and Z axes.
• Pre-soldered electronics with built-in microSD card slot for standalone printing.
• Enhancements to the printed parts to improve the ease of assembly of the X and Y axes

There are many improvements over first Ormerod 3d printer:

The Y carriage belt location and retention are improved by using printed parts rather than the laser-cut parts. This makes for easier belt tension adjustment. 

The Y motor is now the same way round as the other two axes, which means that the Y axis can be zeroed more simply (previously the axis was designed with a high-end stop switch). 

The heated bed support is a three-point support which makes bed level adjustment easier. 

The infra-red Z/Bed probe is now differential, meaning that readings are taken with the IR LED on and then subtracted from readings with it off. This gives much less interference from ambient light and it is more accurate.

The extruder has much better access for cleaning and it has a locked drive stack that improves reliability. 

The power supply is for worldwide universal voltage and is integrated into the machine compactly so there is no power distribution PCB needed, and there are no trailing wires other than the mains lead and the communications. 

There are better integrated and simpler wiring looms, so still no soldering, but even easier wiring assembly. 

 There is an improved web interface, and you get even higher quality prints from better motion control. (All the new software is backwards compatible with Ormerod 1 so Ormerod 1 owners benefit from that too.)

There is simpler assembly and the build instructions are even more detailed.

Ormerod 2 is priced at £449 plus VAT (if applicable) for the full kit and £389 plus VAT (if applicable) for the the hardware only kits.

Press release:

https://reprappro.com/2014/09/11/ormerod-2-reprap-3d-printer-released-449/


All the documentation, assembly guide, calibration guide and operation manual can be found at:

https://reprappro.com/documentation/ormerod-2/

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The cheapest automatic print bed leveling system made by Josef Prusa

Josef Prusa made an innovative ultra-low cost automatic printbed leveling mechanism for his RepRap.
It is made out of two glass plates and four micro switches (one in each corner) activated by printhead pressure.
The setup costs some 20 cents, so it is probably the easiest to make and cheapest system around.
Only limitations are that the switches get pressed if you print an object heavier then 300 grams and that you are limited in using heated bed.

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F3D DIY food 3d printer with integrated halogen oven

F3D is food RepRap derived DIY 3d printer. YES it will print and COOK your food. It uses halogen bulb as a sort of improvised oven. Food in a form of paste is extruded trough a syringe nozzle. The entire device costs in 1200 £ range.

From F3D homepage:

‘F3D’, pronounced ‘fed’, is a prototype RepRap derived automated kitchen. It was developed part-time over 6 months as a third year project by 4 Mechanical Engineering students (Hillel Baderman, Jacob Watfa, Francis Nwobu, and James Clarke) at Imperial College London. The project was supervised by Dr. Connor Myant.

‘F3D’ can print and cook a multi-ingredient meal using food pastes in pre-filled syringes autonomously. The user is required only to insert the syringes into the machine and ‘press print’.

You can get all the details about the F3D in very extensive PDF report:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/14isxpr78iv4rsj/Final%20Report.pdf?dl=0

F3D homepage: http://www.f3dprinter.com/

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Arduino controlled pen plotter attachment for your 3d printer

James Sesler posted this video featuring Arduino controlled pen plotter attachment for your 3d printer. I hope he release more information soon and makes the plotter design and code publicly available. Kudos James!

There are many pen plotter attachment projects on Thingiverse:

http://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=pen+plotter&sa=

This will probably be one of my future projects. Can you guys recommend some more resources on how to make everything work base don real experience?

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RepRap Universal Plastic Pellet Extruder project

Here is a new extruder developed by Richard Horne that can print directly from pellets. It is much cheaper to print from pellets then to buy filament. One could also grind disposed or failed prints and recycle them directly.

There are several well developed projects for DIY filament extruders but their main purpose is to produce filament and not directly print from it.
There are also new machines like Sculptify David that print from pellets but nothing open sourced and adapted for variety of small home 3d printers.

This is project under development and Richard is asking for feeedback, so go and drop a comment on his video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW4kmJAypZM

Excellent development! Kudos Richard!

Update:

Richard released his extruder and details about it can be found on his blog:

http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/no-more-filament-quest-for-universal.html

Here is detailed video presentation of the pellet extruder by Richard:



All the files to make the extruder can be found at:

https://www.youmagine.com/designs/universal-pellet-extruder-reprap-3d-printing

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TeeBotMax open source folding 3d printer you can easily build yourself

TeeBotMax in folded position 

Emmanuel Adetutu developed TeeBotMax foldable and portable DIY 3d printer with very detailed build guide. It is open source, the cost to build it is very low and assembly is easy.

Technical specifications:

• Build envelope: L 20cm x B 20cm x H 25cm
• Printer Assembled: L 50cm x B 40cm x H 53cm
• Printer folded: L 53cm x B 40cm x H 18cm
• Filament: Compatible with 3mm/1.75mm, ABS/PLA
• Print Speed: 120mm/s
• Nozzle: J head type 0.4mm
• Tested Layer height/resolution: 0.1mm
• Power supply: 12v 20a
• Build time: one day
• Weight: 7kg
• Cost to build: 350 - 500 euro range depending on source of parts

http://tutuemma.wordpress.com/3d-stuffs/teebotmax/

All the files can be found at GitHub: https://github.com/EmmanuelAdetutu/TeeBotMax

Very detailed PDF build guide: http://tutuemma.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/teebotmax_build_plans.pdf

http://reprap.org/wiki/TeeBotMax

Here is the video of the build guide:

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