The design is pretty general and looks like every other delta bot out there pretty much. The arms each have two points of articulation for a grand total of 16 printed pieces not including the pulleys that will be attached between the two rods that make up each arm. The extruder carriage is pretty basic as well. This is mostly because I can't decide what kind of attachment I want.
The motor for the extruder may be mounted on the extruder and hot end or it may be mounted to the side. It really depends on the weight of the motor, which, if there are any RepRap forum readers here that have seen my thread, will either be the standard Nema 17s or 23s. Again, this all depends on how much weight the printed arms can handle since I really want to keep this area as light as possible. There are so many options for this that I really won't know what I like for this project until I start building.
This morning, I ordered new motors for my mendel so, hopefully, I can start printing by Monday or Tuesday, depending on when my post arrives and assuming that the motors work.
I have also decided that there will be some lower priced perks:
-Printed parts only- This is for those of you that would like to source your own materials. This includes only the printed parts and fasteners. The price for this will likely be in the $50- $75 range and will account for the cost of printing materials.
- Printed parts files- This will be the lowest option and will be a $25 donation for which you will recieve the .stl files to print out your own parts.
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