Mega EX Delta Printer

myminifactory

This is my Latest Design. I built the MegaTronXY X! with a 440x440x300 print area, but it was too slow, Prints were great but took too long to print my Comic-Con items. Then I built a 220x525 Delta, and that printer printed better than my Factory Purchased Kossel from Ebay. This printer had a full 220 print bed, but it was too small to print my items. Now I have my Latest Delta. It is the same parts as my 220x525 Delta but with Larger print area. 405x305, Same height as the 220x525 printer but with a smaller print height. It is only 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. But this new printer allows me to print my Comic-Con items in one print. This new printer uses same parts as my Delta 220x525 but with a few extra items to keep the motors cooler since it will be printing a lot longer. Since it is wider, it moves side to side so I had to reinforce with cross-members. This newer printer still uses 3/4 inch square aluminum tubing with 3/4x 4foot aluminum strips to keep the printer stable, also uses 3/4 inch self-drilling screws to screw it together. You will also need 24 M3x10 and 12 M3x16. The idea of this Larger Delta was to be able to print parts faster than my MegaTron XY X1 printer. Don't get me wrong; the MegaTronXY X1 printed great parts, but it took longer print time. I ran a time test, using my Mega Delta and the MegaTronXY X1, printing identical parts. My Mega Delta only took 6 hours to print one of my Base corners. The MegaTronXY X1 took 18 hours; same infill, same everything. But the MegaTronXY X1 was too slow. So I decided to see if I could build a Delta with the Same footprint as my MegaTronXY X1, and this is what I came up with. I'll be using the same firmware I used on my Mega Delta just going to change the dimensions. Credit goes to the following people for their parts that I used on all my builds. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:663101 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27177 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:39662 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154832 7-6-2017: I was having some problems with no filament coming out of the extruder, so I checked the gap on the bed, checked the gears, and changed hotends several times before I decided to make or remix an extruder on the Platform. So I tried several variations and came up with a print item that I modified to work with the Rostock/DELTA Platform. So I made what is called "Experimental Extruder mount Version 2" so I used https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:755164 and modified his specs to work with the Rostock/Delta Platform.