Eustathios Spider V2

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Wow, I just realized I never uploaded this here. The Eustathios Spider V2 3D printer is my attempt to make additional modifications and improvements to the original Eustathios Spider design I published earlier. This has been no small task since the Eustathios printer (designed by Jason Smith) was such an exceptional design from the start. I recommend visiting the Google+ community for Ingentis/Eustathios/HercuLien family of printers to meet all the passionate makers who make this family of printers so exceptional. They are also always making great upgrades and modifications (some of which are in the github at: https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2/tree/master/Community%20Mods%20and%20Upgrades). For the full assembly model in Solidworks and other formats, user contributed mods and upgrades, as well as the most up to date files head over to my Github page: https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2. This family of printers is all based on the X/Y gantry mechanics of the Ultimaker. The Ultimaker style mechanics utilizes a light hot-end/carriage which gets constrained by one X and one Y cross rod. Connected to these cross rods are rod ends which ride on side shafts that act both for power transmission of one axis (rotation) and as the linear guide for travel of the other axis (translation). Originally, a gentlemen who goes by the name Sublime (https://github.com/Intrinsically-Sublime/Tantillus/) created a small format variant of the Ultimaker mechanics which he called the Tantilus. Following in Sublime’s footsteps, Tim Rastall (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TimRastall/posts) created the very popular Ingentis printer (https://www.youmagine.com/designs/ingentis-a-tantillus-variant), which is a larger version of Tantilus using thicker linear guide components, spectra drive system, and a much larger build envelope. The next printer in this design family was by Jason Smith (https://plus.google.com/u/0/103009815307828556107/posts) called the Eustathios (https://github.com/jasonsmit4/Eustathios). This is the printer that got me excited about this family of printers. Jason made several design choices like GT2 belts which I felt were great upgrades to the platform. I lucked out because his release was timed perfectly with a promotion Misumi was running where your first order from them up to $150 in value was free. I wanted to be able to modify Jason’s files slightly, but he had modeled everything in Sketchup. My limited experience was with Solidworks (self-taught) so rather than learn new software, I redrew Jason’s Eustathios design files from scratch. And so my Eustathios Spider V1 variant, named due to the color scheme, was born (https://github.com/eclsnowman/Lien3D_Eustathios_Spider). I built the Eustathios and fell in love with the smooth operation, clean prints, and overall reliability. So after operating the Eustathios for several months, I converted my existing large CoreXY Printer (https://github.com/eclsnowman/Lien3D_CoreXY) into a X/Y gantry printer with larger cross rods and dual extrusion. The name of this printer is HercuLien (https://github.com/eclsnowman/HercuLien). Sorry for the long history lesson, but as you can see there is a lot of progress and talented people involved in these projects. Also, I wanted to make sure credit is properly attributed to the many great makers who have come before me. The quality of their work is truly exceptional. The Eustathios Spider V2 3D printer has several key features: * Documented Bill of Materials (BOM) = https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2/blob/master/Documentation/BOM/Eustathios%20Spider... * Printable STL Parts = https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2/tree/master/STL%20Print%20FIles * Solidworks Files = https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2/tree/master/Solidworks * Other 3D model formats in 7zip due to github 50mb limit) = https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2/tree/master/Other%203D%20Formats * 3D renders: https://github.com/eclsnowman/Eustathios-Spider-V2/tree/master/Documentation/Pictures The Maker Forum Community is also a great resource for learning and sharing knowledge with other makers. You can find the community at: https://forum.makerforums.info/c/herculien