Helper 1
Made by: @patcybermind // Patricio Repository link: https://github.com/patcybermind/helper-1/
- I have a 3D printer or will be getting one before March 21st
plan: make a 3d printer capable of at least 400mm by 400mm and 600mm height 3d printing and be able to print over the internet, (and i want to use ethernet) this will be useful for printing 3d printed plane wings etc and big things, those are basically my criteria
Log :
Total hours so far: 82
Sunday, march 2nd
7 hours
research, looked for parts and worked on a BOM and started looking for cad models for onshape
Monday, march 3rd
6 hours
looked for more parts, BOM is close to being done and im trying to find ways to cut costs because im going overbudget
Tuesday, march 4th
6 hours some more reasearch, i started looking into how i could save costs, i also wasnt sure how i was going to connect the extrusions togheter so i looked into that i did some research on how i could design the heated bed pcb myself
Wednesday, march 5th
7 hours i designed the heated bed pcb
thursday, march 6th
7 hours
i continued the pcb and then i did some research to look for other websites where i could get parts for cheaper
heated bed pcb schematic:
sunday, march 30th
5 hours started the cad and looked for ways to make the bom cheaper, i found some deals
monday, march 31st
2 hours worked on the cad, mostly on making the t slot nuts and extrusions fit togheter and the screws too
tuesday, april 1st
2 hours continued the cad and got one adapter done, also started to get the hang of using constraints
wednesday, april 2nd
2 hours continued the cad
thursday, april 3rd
10 hours
i have a decent part of the base structure done in the cad, also bom is pretty much finalised
friday, april 4th
10 hours
2 days left
this is the 3d model of the pcb ill import into onshape, dw i wont order it green, im ordering it white or black
for future self:
remember the two holes should face outwards
because they are the holes for the wires as you can see here
this is important because in the cad i dont have any other reference:
just found out “drawings” exist, these could have saved me a lot of time and struggle lol
especially right now that i am trying to design some wheels that will fit properly in the cad
also added a bit to the bom
saturday april 5th
7 hours
the printer is starting come togheter and look like a printer!
then i also started working on the z axis aka the moving bed assembly
sunday april 6th
7 hours continued designing the printer, did some research on how the corexy system works because at first i was going to have one sationary motor and one that sits on the toolhead gantry but then i saw a short yesterday where both where stationary and i realised that using some sorcery you can have no moving motors exept the extruder one
monday april 7th
4 hours i finalised the pulley and belt system the cad is basically done and i could now build the printer
i also added the cad files and the kicad pcb files to the repo
note to self: my wood scraps are 8.75cm by 3.75 cm aprox my screws are: 6 , 1 1/3
(i plan on building some support to hold the printer by the top out of some wood i recycled from an old project)