22 November 2011

Cartesio: mark2


After testing the new geared extruder, I was very pleased about its speed.
The thing I did not like was the speed of Cartesio itself.
It....... is........ was....... so......slow.........


So time for some change
Out with the lead-screws, and in with belts.

X and Y axis have no more heavy parts (other than the extruder  hot-end) and they move FAST !!
Also the printed parts are a lot smaller which results in lower make and material costs .

Now you can connect the normal, geared extruder, and be Very fast.
You can connect a Bowden cable extruder, and be Ultra fast.
You can connect the Proxxon engraving tool.
Or connect them all, to the coming tool-changer.

The whole set-up is very rigid and allows for maximum compatibility.

So, what do you want to connect to it ?



5 comments:

  1. very interesting to see that printer-version of the Cartesio :)

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  2. when will you release some more information? i'm curios! i'm trying to develop a new printer and i think that you found some nice solutions to my problems =p

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  3. I am going to spend some time with my wife and kids this week, before they re-direct all of their anger towards me :)
    But I will give an update about V0.4 early Jan. with some pics and movies.
    I am already designing V0.5 which will be the first release version mid Jan.

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  4. What software is using to control the machine?

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  5. the firmware on the machine itself is called marlin

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