I think what Jeff is picturing is the old Thing-O-Matic setup. There were two big problems with that setup that are solved with using the belt as a "z-axis" of sorts.
First, when the belt was used...
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I think what Jeff is picturing is the old Thing-O-Matic setup. There were two big problems with that setup that are solved with using the belt as a "z-axis" of sorts.
First, when the belt was used...
Jeff has a point, controlling the layer orientation of a part on this would probably require a raft tilted off the belt to be parallel to the gantry. That would end up being a very thick raft in...
Z-axis in relation to the direction of the layers. It has a limited envelope in which it can print any given layer, but an unlimited number of layers it can print.
As for the overhang issue,...
I remember seeing Bill Steele's prototype of this at Rapid 2016. it really makes sense for him to team up with Printrbot to bring it to market, as the form factor doesn't really match with the rest...