TriDforce

Introduction

Project lead: User:Agmlego

This is a dead project given the acquisition of the Rostock MAX. This page is here for reference only.

This is a large delta-platform 3D printer. If finished, it may move into the Fab Lab, potentially replacing the Makerbot Cupcake.

Some system information live on my project website for it. (Following a hardware failure, this information may never be available. Make backups and test them!)

Goals

• Seriously large-format (~15"T x ~12"L x ~12"L) 3D printer
• Triple extruder design for multi-material (or multi-colour) printing
• Heated bed/build volume for more consistent parts
• Potentially additional sensors for better filament control

TODO

Software

• Write/adapt code for delta platform
  • Sprinter may support it now, whether the ARM port of it for 4pi does is unknown.
  • Supposedly, Smoothie will eventually run on the 4pi, and already supports delta motion.
• Write code to drive third extruder and hotend.

Electrical

• Wire everything
• Repair/replace hotbed PCB
• Design PCB for third extruder/hotend

Mechanical

• Mount electronics
• Mount hotbed
• Construct extruders
• Mount extruders/hotends/Bowden cables

Completed

• Mechanical build of platform and axes
• Purchase of 4pi controller
• Purchase of hotends

Future

• Encoders on filament, with strain gauges for precise volumetric control
• HMI for standalone control and operation
• JIT slicer with environmental awareness?