ModularX Axis Set by bacree

Last crawled date: 4 years, 1 month ago

A while ago I came up with a design for a new X axis for a Vertical configuration (vX config) based on bar spacing of 70mm for the vertical spacing and 30mm between the Z axis lead screw and smooth rod, per the original Reprap Mendel spec. Long story short, my printer is running great now after some time of neglect and I've been able to work on this design more and iron out some potential kinks!
The key difference now is that in addition to a Vertical configuration, I've come up with a Horizontal configuration (hX config) which uses the same zClamps, so if you're perfectly happy with your carriage and extruder, but want to try new Z ends this should offer an alternative to the default Mendel setup.
As for the vX config, it's untested in the sense that I don't have a working setup with this implementation but I will eventually. For now I have printed all parts except the main motor bracket and all prints have gone well and Slicr is doing a good job bridging the overhangs without using support.
Currently I'm testing out the Horizontal configuration and will update with any notes.
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Just for the sake of clarity, the Configurations break down like this:
vX Config
zClamp_4off
vX_motorBracket_1off
vX_barClamp_4off
hX Config
zClamp 4off
hX_motorBracketA_1off
hX_motorBracketB_1off
hX_endBracketA_1off
hX_endBracketB_1off
hX_barClamp_4off