Kev Man (talk) 07:33, 1 December 2015 (PST) Tmjohnst (talk) 07:37, 1 December 2015 (PST)

Ideas to improve 3d printer (Counterweight):


  1. Use Mesh design for end effector to reduce weight while maintaining structural integrity
  2. Enhance material availability: Make structures out of particle board to reduce weight and use any available wood
  3. Reduce Parts: End effector has helicopter style top to suspend instead of metal bars
  4. Reduce cost-printer: Mesh design for all 3d printed parts and structures to use less material
  5. Reduce cost-material: Inject with gas to expand volume(more surface area for less plastic)
  6. Easier to assemble : attach helium balloons to top so cannot drop and easier to maneuver to fix/build
  7. Use carbon fiber frame to decrease weight.
  8. Use lighter motors to decrease weight.
  9. Add flat steel plate to base to decrease vibration somewhat.
  10. Modify end effector to only mount the hot end (alternative material to take care of heat)
  11. Add vibration reducers (similar to hunting bows) to lower rod vibration and thus the rod can be made of a lighter material.
  12. Use smaller motors to decrease weight.
  13. Use less robust board to decrease weight slightly.
  14. Use a combination stepper driver and computer to decrease overall weight (combine melzi and BBBlack)
  15. Use microphones to detect mechanical click to reduce wiring to leveling switches.
  16. Combine heated bed with the frame to reduce weight.
  17. Add heating to the whole frame to omit heated bed somehow (circuitry needs to be modified).
  18. Combine frame with vertical beams to reduce weight - or omit vertical columns entirely like on some cartesian printers.
  19. Extrude with a through-the-center stepper to decrease parts used in extrusion.
  20. Omit top doughnut entirely - vibration introduced but weight decreased.
  21. Use carbon fiber rods instead of aluminum to decrease weight.
  1. Combine extruder and hot end into a plastic pushing monster to decrease metal and mechanical parts - momentum is increased and accuracy falls.
  2. Use more snap-together parts to decrease bolts and nuts - less metal, less weight (slightly).
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