Dollo 3D Printable 3D Printer

[spegelius]

Thanks for the response. The dopbox full of pictures is very useful in helping me visualize the task ahead. Right now I'm trying to assemble a BOM and approximate cost. Anything you can tell me on that front? On a related note, how long did it take to print all the printed parts? I tried putting a single corner and extention into my schools 3d printer and it estimated ~30 hours to finish

Hmm,if I remember correctly, the non-printed parts cost about 170 eur. I had most of the crews already, but buying those isn't a big cost. I didn't try to find the cheapest parts, because getting el cheapo chinese E3Dv6 hotend hascaused way too much trouble. Also wanted to make sure that the motors are powerful enough, just in case.

For the initial build, I think I used around 2 1kg rolls of PLA. Granted, I didn't have the settings tuned for least amount of filament use and I had to reprint some of the stuff after finding out they don't fit. Initial printing took about 2 weeks, with a slow af modded Cube2. Which also made all parts slightly too small. I didn't count the smaller parts as I thought that once I start to build the thing, I'll just print them as I go. Which I did, printing the missing bow ties etc. took few days.

Of course the current models on my github have changed quite a lot so the original BOM isn't valid anymore. Practically all the Z-axis stuff using lead screws is my design and should be documented. Also the racks and motor gears have gone through few iterations. And hotend mount. And other random bits and pieces. I'll see if I can get and updated BOM done soon.

Update on the fan duct: got it installed and working. It's not working 100% yet, the airflow should be directed more to the nozzle. As can be seen on the Benchy pictures below, the chimney hasn't cooled properly. Otherwise the quality is quite good. Well, apart from the retraction jams on the cabin, E3Dv6 clone again... have to do some cooling modifications on it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/owqvuk6hg9...55.44.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/009jbg36zl...56.13.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5haierfr3t...44.12.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yieg0og7pd...44.36.jpg?dl=0