Sporting a speedy H-type belt configuration, a 3.5″ LCD touchscreen, a sturdy aluminum frame on black acrylic and a fabulous hipster drawing on the front, the HipsterBot sets a new standard in the desktop 3D printer market. At the heart of this workhorse sits of course the Replicape with a whopping 720MHz of hard-pumping, pipelining ARM power ready to smash all previous speed records..
What, too much? Ok.. So on a more sobering note, this is what I am working on at the moment. It will sit great on the maker faire in Rome this October : )
Update: Thought I’d post a few more recent renderings. The extrusion type has switched to a dual Bowden type. The all metal hot ends are mounted on a large aluminum block to act as both structure binding the hot ends with the X-rail but also as a large cooling block to remedy the dreaded heat creep that plages some of the current all metal hot ends.
Very nice. Needs a multicolored glitter option too
Hehe, I’ll make that especially for you : )
Great minds think alike! I’m working on an H-Gantry at the moment as well. Our Festo rep came by the a few weeks ago to show me their Mini-H, and I couldn’t resist. Of course it means I have to re-design my Z axis as a cantilevered platform. One thing to note: I’m mounting my steppers from the bottom, to keep them hidden.
Wildseyed, that is good to hear, not a lot of people are using this configuration yet, but I think it has the potential to become a very fast and accurate alternative. I tried googling, but could not find any videos or pictures of your setup. Have you got a link?
Actually, the top plate is symmetrical, so it can be flipped around to get a higher build. The above rendering is getting old, and the final version will have a boxed in canal on top with all the 5 steppers: x, y, z, ext 1, and 2 (Bowden type). I’ll post a picture..