@Brook_Drumm here are some of the photos of the printer with the wiring cleaned up. Its running off of a printrboard rev f. Very very happy with the results.
@ThantiK you were right. Wiring a non delta is a pain if you want it to look good. I feel like this is pretty clean but it could use some wire mesh. Since I won’t be keeping this exact printer I decided not to mess with it. This one will become the school’s workhorse with a full metal frame.
Hope to get a reprap page for it soon.
-Griffin
Nice job. The only thing I can see is the cables for the X axis, they will move along on your metal piece and may worn out the insulation and cause a short.
@Andre_Courchesne1 you’re right. I am actually adding the same piece that holds the inductive sensor in to make sure he wires don’t move that much. I used to have one when I had the ramps hooked up but never got around to putting it back on. After that, the wires don’t hit anything.
Nice work. Any idea on your cost for such a design ?
@Andre_Courchesne1 the design is 100% open source and I will be releasing the files once I get the github figured out. As for the rest of the parts, they come from @Brook_Drumm at Printrbot directly from the Printrbot Makers Kit at $230. All in, I have about $250 with power supply, screws, printed parts, laser cut parts, etc. with a print area of 256mm x 200mm x 210mm.
Nice. If you need github help let me know.
@Griffin_Paquette I agree the Printrbot (if not all cartesian 3D printers) have wire routing issues. Some solve it with cable chains, but I really like Nophead’s Mendel90 solution, where he uses a ribbon cable, which naturally tends to stay put in one axis, and I may change my Printrbot+ wires to a ribbon cable. http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/
I like cable chains, they help reduce cable strain, are printable, and look nice.
