My Variation on the Voxel Ox

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This is my take on the Voxel Ox (http://www.openbuilds.com/builds/voxel-ox-extendable-3d-printer-and-cnc-platform.2418/). I took their idea of a printer that's easily extendable and made it work for standard length parts from Open Builds. I made some changes to suit my needs, and here they are: 1) The X-Gantry is connected to the back of the vertical-travel Z plates via one corner connector on each side. 2) A 20x40 top brace is used, which runs sideways and has motors mounted on top. This lets me use full-length lead screws. 3) Lead screw nuts are attached to the vertical-travel Z plates. Since they weren't tapped perfectly square, I had to mount the right one in the middle and the left one a bit further back. I also adjusted the motor positions to reduce binding. 4) The extruder is mounted at 90 degrees to the X-plate. It's attached to a 250mm 20x20 plate with two corner connectors for each hole on the extruder platform. This plate is then connected to the X-plate with two corner connectors, one on the left and one on the right. 5) I still need to come up with a reel mount solution, so my reel sits on top using a clamp to hold it in place. The extruder can pull it, but I usually wind some filament out to reduce the extra tension. It's a work-in-progress, but it works pretty well for me so far. I'm getting some great prints. If you need more pictures, just let me know what you'd like to see!