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Has anyone here built their own printer? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 day ago by moody@lemmings.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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I've been given some linear rails, and the only thing I can think to do with them is build a large format 3d printer. I have two 750mm and two 670mm rails, two carriages each.

I know there are several open-source plans for printers, and I could use a cool project to work on. I already have a smaller printer to work with so I can already make a lot of the parts.

Has anyone done this before? What printer did you build, and do you have any recommendations and things to look out for?

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[–] fufu@feddit.org 6 points 23 hours ago

So of your dont want to build a very long/tall 3d printer i recommend looking into building a flat long CNC frame for a laser/Plotter. They want to be long and flat, fitting your parts. I build a voron, several cartesians from scratch aswell as a giant laser frame. A Laser frame is much more simple compared to sth as overengineered as a voron(Perfection), far better suited to waste some spare parts with out getting lost in a one year project. Id have loved those rails for my laser.