SolidCore CoreXY 3D Printer

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SolidCore 3D PrinterThe whole idea is to build a printer that's: ModularScalableLinear RailsBalanced Carriage PullEnclosure For more information see SolidCore Printer and CoreXY MechanismBOM utilizes most available partsAll Metal Parts or 3D PrintedZ-Axis: Independent Driven or Shared Belt Routing SolidCore 3D PrinterDesigned By Shane Hooper & Mike Fisher3D Distributed This is still a work in progress. The whole idea is to build a corexy printer that has:ModularScalable to a larger formatLinear RailsThe BOM utilizes standard and available printer parts people already have so they can convert their printer into a SolidCore.Easily add an enclosure.The components are metal or printable. We’ll probably make some changes such as reorienting the y-axis linear rail into a vertical position similar to the RailCore, redesigning the carriages and motor/belt mounting plates where the z-axis motors are placed on the bottom of the machine. When I first designed the plates I thought it would look cool with the motors on top but after I machined everything I realized that moving the bed up and down could cause deflection in the main plates. I’m also considering making the carriage components and rail support one piece similar to the latest update on E3D’s Tool Changing printer. We’re working on a small budget lol which “recycling” parts from previous builds. For example, the bed is made from 3/8 inch thick aluminum that we robbed from an old printer. We’ll change that to 1/4 inch thick once we get more money. The left motor plates are going to be re-machined to give room for a tool changer setup. The overall footprint of the machine relative to print volume is somewhat excessive. In order to have a solid enclosure design, I had to move the motors inside the frame boundary. This sacrificed the overall printer size to print volume ratio. This design was inspired by the RailCore, HyperCube Evolution or HEVO, D-Bot, Mike Fisher’s QuadRod, and Maarten van Lier’s corexy build.