Wade's Geared Extruder

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Wade's Geared Extruder

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Geared Nema 17 Extruder
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GPL
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Extruder
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This is a work in progress. My Repraps, both Darwins and Mendels are all currently limited by the speed and reliabilty of my extruder. I use a Mk1 Extruder for most of my printing, as it has proven to be the most reliable, but it won't extrude much above 3 mm^3/s of ABS or PLA.

I have built several direct drive pinch wheel extruders, but none have yet had enough torque to extrude at 3 mm^3/s, let alone more, so I decided to backtrack a bit and try for a more robust extruder design.