Tuki Delta Printer - Build

[jaguarking11]

I figured I would share some of what I have been doing the last few months.

I decided some months back that I wanted to build a rostock. However the dimensions of it seemed a bit small for me. I want to be able to print large things.

The adventure began reading a bunch of stuff on reprap. I wanted to keep my budget in the 500-600 dollar range. For the most part its been hovering around there. +-100USD.

I started with some e-bay PLA rostock parts.
[img]http://engineerd3d.ddns.net/content/ima ... _Parts.JPG[/img]

Then I purchased a ramps/lcd/mega combo.
[img]http://engineerd3d.ddns.net/content/ima ... ostock.jpg[/img]

Some more parts obtained from the hardware store. And started cutting and grinding.

The result so far is a rather larger rostock derivative I named TUKI. The name is just a pet name. Which also happens to mean Parrot in Hebrew, I had no idea it meant that but I will take it.

During my build I have gone through a bunch of tweaks, like aluminum arms, which will soon be replaced by proper carbon fiber rods, and ball joints from traxxas. They will also be replaced in the future with high precision ball joints.

Here is what it looked like when I finished the frame. Its was all I could do to try to keep any sort of precision. So far it has worked out.
[img]http://engineerd3d.ddns.net/content/ima ... 1852-2.jpg[/img]

The future plans are as follows.

1 - heated insulated chamber - 30% done electronics for it are finished.
2 - redesign the effoctor for quick release of the hot end & auto bed leveling - 0% as of now, concept phase only.
3 - redesign the carriages for better fit. - 10%
4 - convert from mechanical end stop to hall effect. - 80% done. Waiting on hall sensors to arive, 19c a piece is not bad.
5 - Make the panels to cover electronics and finish the exterior. 20% done, the front pannel is working.

I have also been experimenting with ultra large nozzle for fast printing. I have sucessfully printed with a 1.54mm nozzle and reduced print times from 6.5 hours to 1.5 hours.
Here is a video of a large high speed print. Very little warping as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-cEeZb ... ysowqKMXsg

Thoughts and comments? I will be periodically updating this forum post with any updates I have. A project log if you will. If you want to see more detail on my printer, you can go ahead and check out my build blog.

[McSlappy]

Wow, this looks like a very rigid machine! Looking great so far, keep us posted!

[dtgriscom]

The pictures aren't working for me. They're on http://engineerd3d.ddns.net/, which I presume is your own home/office machine using dynamic DNS. 'Twould be better to upload the images directly to the form so we didn't have to depend on your machine to be able to see them.


My $0.02,
Dan

[jaguarking11]

I have attached the pics.

I had some problems with my san this weekend and will be bringing my system back up hopefully this afternoon. My apologies.