A5 Powder bed printer

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A5 Powder Bed Printer

Release status: Just started

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Description
Building a Powder bed 3D printer.
License
GPL
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A5 Powder bed Printer A number of people have built powderbed printers, but a lack of detail makes it hard for many to build their own, I hope to build one and explain each step, so that others can follow, using equipment and materials that are off the shelf wherever possible.

The principle of a Powderbed printer is simple, take an existing printer, make it into a flat bed, and mount it above some powder, but as always the devil is in the detail, we have various aspects to make the whole,


Printer

Recoat mechanism

Powder bins mechanism

Motors

Electronics

Software