Here we are, eventually the contest has come to an end and after a short consultation we have chosen the winners! Before announcing them, a few words. First of all, thanks to everyone who submitted his contribution. All the works reviewed are great and must be praised, because they represent without exception a hard work,…
Roland Hoffert, from www.eytec.de, submitted us this 3Drag (Velleman K8200 version) hack to improve the z-wobble issue, one of the most known problems affecting the RepRap family printers. Roland identified one of the weak points that could cause the z-wobble in the fixed coupler of z-stepper motor. With the standard fixing, when the z-stepper moves…
Karl Seiss from Austria made a very clever hack to a K8200 3DRag printer, turning it into a CNC drilling and milling machine. We didn’t receive from the author many details, anyway it used Proxxon long shaft drills to have a highly reliable and powerful tool. Moreover, Karl built by himself also a “vacuum support”…
Giacomo Falaschi sent us his Falla3D new printer project: you can have more details on the project by looking to this interview here. Fa)(a is a fully modular and scalable printer, able to print with any material (FDM technology) and entirely customizable in every single aspect and component. Here are some figures: Resolution: X-Y axis…
This is an unusual project submitted by prof. Hesam Hamidi, who built a linear Delta printer by using recycled parts from old scanners and dot matrix printers. This FDM 3D printer has been designed and built in 2013. Here are few specs: Build volume: 200x200x200 mm Footprint: 600×650 mm Print surface: 200×200 mm heated glass…
Alessio Fusi hacked his 3Drag/K8200 printer by replacing the original threaded rod with a trapezoidal rod, assembled with a gearbox between it and the stepping motor with a reduction rate of 50:20. In a short time, Alessio will replace the gearbox too (fully printed with the printer itself) with a 30:10 ratio that, together with…
Richard Tegelbeckers joined the 3Drag 3dprinting contest by sending us his project, a 3D Delta printer named DeltaTrix 3D, under the category 3D Making. The project is based on the fully open source linear Delta printer, power by a 32-bit ARM processor (Arduino). The resolution is high, allowing potentially 25 micron layers, and a special…
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