Adrian's Geared Extruder
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Release status: Experimental
| Description | Geared Nema17 Extruder Driver
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| License | GPL
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Introduction
I wanted to design a universal extruder driver that could
- Be bolted to the X carriage of Mendel and run as a normal extruder,
- Be mounted somewhere at the side and drive a Bowden extruder, and
- Be mounted somewhere at the side and drive a Bowden paste extruder, as outlined here.
This is my first hack at a solution.
This design was made to extend Wade's neat geared extruder that you can find here. (Wade's design was based on my original here.)
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Features
- 55:11 gear ratio means that the motor runs on very low current
- No hobbing or knurling to make the filament driver
- Torque transmitted using a wing nut, giving low stress on reprapped gears
- Uses the same 624 bearing as the rest of RepRap Mendel.
What you need
