VertX
Release status: concept
| Description | a direct-drive extruder/x-carriage for the V9 hotend (for the moment)
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Inspiration
- EMAKER_Huxley
- Huxley-eg
- The Gen X Skb-Kiparis remix I discovered on this thread : http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?94,84403,93044#msg-93044
- Orca and the v9
After my previous work I finally found someone who did what I was trying/looking for.
I also wanted to design a vertical carriage with linear bearings, but mixed with the V9 (direct drive, no damn PTFE, no mouting block) to make it even simpler. And thus came this "carriage-struder".
V0.1 (not tested yet)
When looking back at the eMaker, maybe two LM8UU can be enough ?
Benefits
- only 2 pieces (in replacement of 5-10 pieces, compared to the original sells carriage or the prusa or the open-x-carriage, plus an extruder)
- with LM8UU (locked by zip-tie)
- active cooling with a little fan, mounted on only one point to just rotate it if needed to access at the inside/unmount the hotend
- a very compact/accessible extruder ^^
I'll also have to redesign the x-ends later...
Files
| FILE ID# | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | AVAILABLE FORMATS | CREATED/BY |
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| v0.1 | .STL | x-carriage-body | (save as) | --Emmanuel |
| v0.1 | .STL | x-carriage-idler | (save as) | --Emmanuel |
Also on Thingiverse (but I prefer the wiki to manage the versions, I tried github but maybe not for me yet)
X-ends
And the x-ends that will have to be tested too :
The spacing between the Z rods are for a Sells Mendel, to replace the classic x-axis (don't checked for a Prusa but if different that may not be difficult to adapt and re-export)
V0.2
- "Double pulley driven" x-carriage (inspired from http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?2,85051)
