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scaling up printer design size

teslalab2

scaling up printer design size
July 14, 2015 10:23PM

Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 12

I'm thinking of putting together a Rostock Delta 3d printer, but I want to be able to print something larger than 8 inches. Would I be able to safely scale up the dimensions of the printer?

Thanks

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thetazzbot

Re: scaling up printer design size
July 15, 2015 12:54AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 396

Sure. Just try to use beefy legs. There are rostocks made of plywood.

These look pretty big.

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dc42

Re: scaling up printer design size
July 15, 2015 03:04AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 14,672

Rostock is an old design. Take a look at Kossel and Cherry Pi. At [miscsolutions.wordpress.com] I describe my Kossel derivative with a build diameter of 300mm, which is well over the 8 inches you are looking for. For more advice, I suggest you post in the Delta machines section of this forum.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2015 03:05AM by dc42.

Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].

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teslalab2

Re: scaling up printer design size
July 15, 2015 07:54PM

Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 12

Ok. thanks for all the advice smiling smiley