HercuLien

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For full assembly models in Solidworks and other formats, check out my Github page: https://github.com/eclsnowman/HercuLien\n\nFor Bill Of Materials:https://github.com/eclsnowman/HercuLien/wiki/BOM\n\nThis printer is the culmination of what I've learned since starting 3D printing. My journey began when a friend built a Prusa i3, and I was hooked from watching it run. I knew I had to build one myself but wasn't happy with its 8x8x8 build volume. I wanted something bigger, so I decided to learn Solidworks and design my own printer. Once I built it, I'd have the skills to use it effectively. My first attempt was a CoreXY design also uploaded to github. There were many things I liked about that printer, but speed and consistent print dimensions weren't included in that list.\n\nWhile fighting with my CoreXY design, I started following Tim Rastall on Google Plus. I really liked his Ingentus design, and then Jason Smith released his Eustathios designs, which was a variant of Ingentus using belts and lead screws. I knew I wanted that printer but it was in sketchup. Since I preferred Solidworks, I remodeled the Eustathios, made some changes, and eventually built the printer. It worked amazingly well, printing faster than my CoreY, with spot-on part dimensions, and bowden extruders were a breeze to work with. In fact, I designed a new extruder based on the airtripper design that allowed me to tune retraction perfectly.\n\nOnce I had Eustathios up and running so well, I wanted to change my CoreY to something similar. I used the aluminum frame from the CoreXY and my z-axis design which performed perfectly. Then I redesigned the rest from scratch. I've been running this new design for several months. I call it HercuLien (due to its size and my last name). It's an amazing printer, capable of high speeds, with a large build volume, dual extrusion, and easily enclosed for trouble-free abs printing. If you build one, I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. This can also act as a jumping-off point for someone else to build and even better printer.\n\nNow that Google+ has passed away, the Community around the HercuLien printer and the Eustathios printer have moved to: https://forum.makerforums.info/c/herculien . Thanks in great part to Michael K Johnson who worked his magic to retain the years of great community interaction on G+ and ported it into the Discourse community over on Makerforums. If you're looking for support or community interaction on these printers moving forward, this is the place to go.