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Beefier Makerfarm i3V 12"
Good Afternoon!
I have just completed a major overhaul on my Makerfarm i3V 12". A quick history, I have had for almost a year, I have added many mods/upgrades over the year including going from a single hex extruder to clough42's dual E3D v6, adding a milled aluminum bed, and other various upgrades. This time is different, however. I have replaced many wood parts, went back to a single extruder, and have designed all the parts myself rather then looking for mods online. Below I have posted pictures and explanation of the picture. I have not printed anything yet as it was late last night when I finished this, but I will post results. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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- This is an overview of the printer. As you can see I have replaced the front of the bed rail with a 20x40 aluminum extrusion and have created a new idler for this.
- Replaced the back of the bed rail with a 20x40 extrusion as well, this was very much needed as the bed weighs a good amount more now. I also added a 20x40 extrusion between the two Z extrusions. This piece was the trickiest due to having to cut away the aluminum to allow for the bed to move properly, this added a LOT of strength to the Z axis's.
-I added a 20x20 extrusion with corner brackets to the top of the Z axis.
-Replaced the wooden bed frame with a custom aluminum one, nothing special just a square piece of aluminum with holes drilled out for wheels and heat bed mounting
- Replaced glass with milled aluminum with a PEI top
- Secured the entire printer in 6 locations to the work bench (which is also secured to the wall)
- replaced the x-carriage with an aluminum gantry plate
- replaced clough42's dual extruder to a bowden/direct setup (i rather not use gears and to use all metal, but didnt want to do a full bowden setup, so I came up with this)
- replaced the x axis mounts to the z axis
- replaced threaded rods with 8mm acme rods
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Here is an upclose of the redesigned z axis motor mounts. I have to make some adjustments to these yet, but they work for now.
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Here is a good view of the cuts made to the extrusions for the bed movement as well as other various upgrades. I used a meter-saw and dremel to cut out the pieces from the extrusions.
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This is a good view of the extruder. Works great, still need to design the cooling fan tunnel/bracket
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And this is the printer covered with my custom enclosure. I have not finished wiring it in yet, but does a great job and the LED lighting up top helps quite a bit.
If you want any other pictures or have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am excited to see what this thing can do.
