Orca v020
Release status: prototype
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RepRap Orca is the latest 3D printer in development by mendel-parts.com and well in short: a cheap printer, simple/fast to build, not much hardware, very stiff and short belts, not too many (big) plastic parts, so fast reproduction (each Orca easily prints one new Orca each day..) v0.2 will be released end of June 2011 (STL files, eDrawings, basic manual etc).
Specifications
How to get Orca
For Orca complete kits: mendel-parts.com - catalog - complete-kits - Orca v0.2 3D printer full kit
For Orca parts:
mendel-parts.com - catalog
How to build Orca
The five stages:
1. Planning and preparing for a build
3. Electronic wiring & Circuit board construction
4. Download print & firmware software
5. Finetune machine / firmware
Mechanical construction
- We are currently working on a professional assembly manual with exploded views/BOMS etc, just like an Ikea manual.. ;) first version will be released end June/early July.
How to use Orca
2.Software setup for best quality / maintenance of machine
BOM
Files
| FILE ID# | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | AVAILABLE FORMATS | CREATED/RESERVED BY |
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| --Camiel 13:44, October 23, 2010 (UTC) |
Benefits of this Design
Orca Electronics
On a sidepath we will also develop new electronics over the coming months, in short: a sort of very extensive GEN6 with alot of addons/features and standalone printing from SD and a Touchscreen LCD (probably 4,3") to control the printer and alot more at a very competitive price.. We will start revealing features of the electronics also over the coming months, but probably on a seperate page as soon as we have a name for it. (its called internally here "gen6 ultra" atm but will change, hmm.. I just realise something, why not "Orca Electronics" ;)
Because then newcomers will think the "Orca Electronics" are specific to the machine, and won't work with a Prusa, 1X2, or This Week's Sexy Post-Prusa Mendel. :( Maybe "Salmon Electronics"? Or "Delicious Baby Seal Electronics"? Or "Delicious Penguin Electronics"? Or "Delicious Surfer Electronics"? (I'm not good with names.) --Sebastien Bailard 20:49, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Orca Electronics aka: GEN6 Ultra / GEN6++ / Camiel's 2nd Generation Electronics / Mendel-Parts electronics v2 / naming still unsure
Videos
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Orca nr 4 printing Orca nr 5 (18-5-2011)
Status
Version 0.1, April 21, 2011, is the first prototype Version 0.2, May 2011 a prototype serie of 12pc has been made/build and in June production start of first 100pc v0.2 after some delay, because of last minute new extruder and hotend for Orca (and also fits Mendel plug n play if you have Gen6..)
Version 0.1
- Some weekend in January, 2011 : The first basic concept has been drawn
- Some weekend in April, 2011: After on hold for some months, I've finished first files, printing the parts, building it.. and being amazed about it, even without any thick sheet (yet) its very solid... and it will be probably one printbed to print (excl extruder). So suddenly I start to realise that this printer is better then anything around atm (for the given selling price, since it will be cheap) and still has very high stifness and the shortest belts I've seen around (700/840/840mm) For those wo dont know, price of a 1380mm belt is around 2x the price of a 840mm and also long belts give alot more issues... Also the parts are very good printable/symmetric/etc and we are designing it all to have standard size bolts etc.. (alot of people dont know, but for example m4x35 is more expensive then m4x40.. so we focused also on using only a few standard sizes widely avaible etc.
(finally my many years of being a 3D CAD Engineer at a major product development office comes in use for the RepRap world...)
Version 0.2
Calendar
- first production serie of 80pc of thick and thin sheet should arrive 24 June
- first Orca manual (exploded views/BOM's in pdf) is planned for early July
- first Orca electronics prototype testing is scheduled for end July/early August
History May 2011:
Users
Camiel Gubbels is the lead developer/engineer/tester/supplier for this 3D printer. Mendel-Parts.com He's often in the IRC channel, if you need to ask a question.
FAQ
Q: Why is this new printer called "Orca"
A: someone in IRC kept misreading my Orsa (project codename) or well maybe on purpose not sure.. (Orsa = bear in Italian, since it looks a bit like a sitting bear (back in January... ), also Orca sounds better in English then Orsa.
