Building a filament extruder to produce your own 3D printing filament has become quite easy today. You can choose from several complete kits with features like automated filament winders, length counters, force adjustment and online thickness measurement. There are a lot of commercial products out there ranging from 300$ to 2000$. I don’t want to…
Author: Ianmcmill
Hello. My name is Sebastian a.k.a. Ianmcmill.
I like to build stuff. Wood, plastic, metal. I like to disassemble electronics to see what is under the hood. I am not an engineer nor did I learn what I am showing here.
Skeleton3D Modified #BuildLog3 – Pulley support
The support pulleys that came with the Skeleton3D did bend a bit. Made them thicker so now: No bending. Material bending in machining parts is bad, mkay ?!
Skeleton3D Modified Z Axis #BuildLog2
* rotated the bearing holders to the back and generally completely remodelled them * added holes to fix the bearings in place * extruded wall to compensate for thin walls of the nut intendation close to the perimeter * changed nut intendation from 4.6mm to 5mm to better fit M3 nuts * completely remodelled the…
Skeleton3D Modified Z Axis #BuildLog 1
I know, I should be doing other stuff. More important stuff but you know, sometimes you need a break. This is what I came up within my “break”. Currently building a Skeleton3D printer. Found out that the z axis construction is not sturdy enough for the print bed I intend to mount. This consists of…