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Complete High End Wanhao I3 / Maker Select Corexy Rebuild (WIP) by Michaelwu21
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 2 months ago
WORK IN PROGRESS: Many parts still need to be tested, designed, and uploaded
Wanhao I3 / Maker Select Corexy Rebuild
Warning: This rebuild is not simple and cheap, and will take a lot of time. Read through everything below before deciding and purchasing parts
Pros of this rebuild
Rigidity: Frame made completely of aluminum extrusions- Much stronger than the stock metal sheet frame
Precision: MGN12 rails are much stiffer, and offer much more stability. Ball screws on z-axis allow for more precise bed movements
Faster Prints: By only allowing the heavy bed to move in z, and extruder in x and y, print speed is greatly improved and ringing is largely reduced. Acceleration and jerk can therefore be increased. Higher torque motors will allow for faster prints as well.
Fits in a typical lack enclosure
Larger Print Volume: Not certain on exact size yet- ~330x330x240
Easily modified- X Y and Z are easily increased,
Cons of this rebuild
Expensive: Total cost is around ~$300.
Many stock parts are unused: x, z, rods & leadscrews, bed, entire frame are unused. This is in order to turn this printer into a high-grade printer, so cheap stock parts were generally avoided and replaced.
Not easily to assembly: A lot of brackets, screws, and parts
Stock board is most likely unable to run Corexy kinematics: I'm running a 32 bit mks board.
BOM* means the part is from stock printer
Will be adding links later
Aluminum Extrusions(from Misumi)
2020
6 x 30mm
2 x 60mm
2 x 350mm
2 x 351mm
4 x 400mm
6 x 423mm
2 x 463mm
2040
2 x 60mm
Rods
8mm Rods
2 x 380mm *
12mm Rods
1 x 400mm
Rod Clamps
4 x SK8
2 x Igus WAS-12
Bearings
1 x lm8luu *
1 x Igus RJZM-08 Must be metal
1 x Igus RJUM-12 Must also be metal
Ball Screws & Clamp
2 x 350mm 1605 Ballscrew + Nut (Mine were cut from 550mm)
2 x Igus KSTM-16
Flexible/Spider Coupling
2 x 5*10 Flexible coupling
Linear Rails
3 x 400mm MGN12
Bed
Aluminum Plate
1 x 1/4 inch MIC 6/Tooling Aluminum Plate (Dimensions TBD)
Silicone Heater
300x300 24v Silicone Heater w/ adhesive
Nema 17 Motors
Z-axis Motors
2 x 48mm Nema 17 *
Top Motors
2 x 48mm Nema 17(Recommended) OR Stock X&Y Motors *
Idlers/Belts
Toothed Idler
2 x GT2 20 Teeth Timing Pulley *
Smooth Idler
8 x GT2 Smooth Idler
Belts
5 meters Fystec Fiberglass reinforced belts (Cheap and are decent quality belts)
Brackets
Top Motor Bracket
2 x Aluminum 2020 Nema 17 Bracket
Corner Brackets
18 x 90 Degree Aluminum Bracket
Around 25 x 90 Degree Corner Bracket
8 x 2040 90 Degree Corner Bracket
Screws: Highly recommend purchasing from TrimCraftAviationRC
Around 200 x M5 * 10mm
Wanhao I3 / Maker Select Corexy Rebuild
Warning: This rebuild is not simple and cheap, and will take a lot of time. Read through everything below before deciding and purchasing parts
Pros of this rebuild
Rigidity: Frame made completely of aluminum extrusions- Much stronger than the stock metal sheet frame
Precision: MGN12 rails are much stiffer, and offer much more stability. Ball screws on z-axis allow for more precise bed movements
Faster Prints: By only allowing the heavy bed to move in z, and extruder in x and y, print speed is greatly improved and ringing is largely reduced. Acceleration and jerk can therefore be increased. Higher torque motors will allow for faster prints as well.
Fits in a typical lack enclosure
Larger Print Volume: Not certain on exact size yet- ~330x330x240
Easily modified- X Y and Z are easily increased,
Cons of this rebuild
Expensive: Total cost is around ~$300.
Many stock parts are unused: x, z, rods & leadscrews, bed, entire frame are unused. This is in order to turn this printer into a high-grade printer, so cheap stock parts were generally avoided and replaced.
Not easily to assembly: A lot of brackets, screws, and parts
Stock board is most likely unable to run Corexy kinematics: I'm running a 32 bit mks board.
BOM* means the part is from stock printer
Will be adding links later
Aluminum Extrusions(from Misumi)
2020
6 x 30mm
2 x 60mm
2 x 350mm
2 x 351mm
4 x 400mm
6 x 423mm
2 x 463mm
2040
2 x 60mm
Rods
8mm Rods
2 x 380mm *
12mm Rods
1 x 400mm
Rod Clamps
4 x SK8
2 x Igus WAS-12
Bearings
1 x lm8luu *
1 x Igus RJZM-08 Must be metal
1 x Igus RJUM-12 Must also be metal
Ball Screws & Clamp
2 x 350mm 1605 Ballscrew + Nut (Mine were cut from 550mm)
2 x Igus KSTM-16
Flexible/Spider Coupling
2 x 5*10 Flexible coupling
Linear Rails
3 x 400mm MGN12
Bed
Aluminum Plate
1 x 1/4 inch MIC 6/Tooling Aluminum Plate (Dimensions TBD)
Silicone Heater
300x300 24v Silicone Heater w/ adhesive
Nema 17 Motors
Z-axis Motors
2 x 48mm Nema 17 *
Top Motors
2 x 48mm Nema 17(Recommended) OR Stock X&Y Motors *
Idlers/Belts
Toothed Idler
2 x GT2 20 Teeth Timing Pulley *
Smooth Idler
8 x GT2 Smooth Idler
Belts
5 meters Fystec Fiberglass reinforced belts (Cheap and are decent quality belts)
Brackets
Top Motor Bracket
2 x Aluminum 2020 Nema 17 Bracket
Corner Brackets
18 x 90 Degree Aluminum Bracket
Around 25 x 90 Degree Corner Bracket
8 x 2040 90 Degree Corner Bracket
Screws: Highly recommend purchasing from TrimCraftAviationRC
Around 200 x M5 * 10mm