Video of prototype X-Y drive mechansim

[3D OZ]

It's very clearly different and ingenious.
But how is it better?
It's fast in the x-y...not a real requirement. Accuracy needed, not speed.
The print plate now sits on a pair of spinning elongated pinion gears instead of being secured by linear bearings. That's not an improvement.

Cheap? Perhaps.
Better? Can't see it.

[NewMatter]

It's very clearly different and ingenious.
Cheap? Perhaps.
Better? Can't see it.

True. We aren't claiming that the pinion rod X-Y mechanism is better than the drive system on a $1300 printer or even a $600 printer. What it does do, though, is help us to put together a very respectable printer for less than $300. The pinion drive system, in conjunction with other innovations (to be announced with the Indiegogo launch) will give the MOD-t a unique combination of performance, reliability, usability, and affordability.