STG1 (yet another custom printer!)

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I've been printing for a couple of years now, and much like a young Jedi striving to become a master, I felt it was time to attempt building my own printer. I had several objectives for this project: - Large print area with a relatively small footprint. - Direct drive extruder (no CoreXY). - Avoid rods and linear bearings wherever possible (z only). - Utilize V slot for x and y (because I wanted to experiment with V slot). - Employ 2040 extrusion for stability. - Recycle as much of my Folgertech 2020 i3 as feasible. The inspiration was the FT-5, along with some of the projects I collected in my 'i3 rework' collection here -- thanks to all those individuals! Even if I didn't use a part directly, they helped shape the direction I was going to take things. Based on the FT-5, the changes I made were: - No melamine! - Z motors connect directly to the rods, no belts to tighten. - X/y utilize V slot gantries rather than slides. - The x bar sits atop the printer -- the cube doesn't extend up over it. The parts are nearly all from FolgerTech, with V slot stuff from Open Builds and assorted screws and such from Amazon. This is a work in progress -- I haven't finished wiring it up, so who knows if any of this will even function... This lightsaber could end up more Kylo Ren than Luke Skywalker! Once I see if it does anything, I'll post up the list of parts I used.