Close to finishing my home first home built printer.

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I have owned a bfb 3d touch ( now 3d systems) for two years and recently acquired a 5th gen maker bot. I decided both printer had good and bad points but decided I wanted to build a printer with more options and flexibility for the future. My goal is now coming close to finishing. Here's what I have..

550mm x 550mm x 550mm server cabinet with glass door and remove able side panels. ( I cut the top off)
Smoothie-board for 5 stepper motors. 1 x axis X, 2 x axis Y, ( using breakout pins and separate motor driver in series due to both motors requiring 1.68amp each smoothie driver only supports 2 amps ) 1 x axis Z and x2 extruders.
Bull dog xl extrudes 3mm filament x2
e3d v6 hot ends
230 volts keenovo 300mm x 200mm silicone heat pad fastened to 396mm x 296mm toughened glass bed and a cirrus 60 chamber heater also mains voltage controller by a separate relayed whilli controller. Bed gets to 110c in 2 minutes and air/chamber temp is maintained at 65c within 5 mins.

all protected with a RCD MCB

build platform using both extruder is 280mm x 280mm 260mm

electronics all under a false bottom also housing 2 turntables for filament (Bowden tube fed ) as above bulldog xl direct.

windows 8.1 10 inch tablet built into door ( integrated camera and obviously remote connection)

i am now doing some fine tuning befor attempting my first prints.

any suggestions on controller/ slicer software. Thoughts please.

[zx81]

sounds like its going to be a nice build! I'd like to see a pic when its finished I like the server cabinet idea. I see your using your smoothieboard in the same configuration as me 1x X, 1x Y, 2x Z linked and 1x E .how are you going to attach the 2nd Extruder?

for software .. I've tried KISSlicer, sic3er and cura ... Cura looks nice and has some nice features but I prefer Slic3r there's a new version just released, I just make g code then use the network interface on the smoothieboard to do the printing, but I will be looking at octoprint for my new printer, it runs on a rasberrypi or a computer and lets you monitor and control your printer from anywhere.

zx

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pics plz...

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Some pics will post more

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Just a few more images.

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Additional images in build

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Without the top on and a side panel removed