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Desktop 3D Printer

Some Popular Open Source & Commercial 3D Printers

Preliminary research was carried out to see which open source designs and commercial 3D are popular in the 3D printer community. These will be used as a starting point for the development.

Various repositories such as Youtube, Github, Instructables, GrabCad, Thingiverse, Personal Blogs and Technical Forums were searched.

Popular Open Source/Kit 3D Printers

  1. The Prusa i3MK3 is one of the most popular open source 3D printers which consistently ranks among the best printers money can buy. The printer currently costs about 800 Euros which is slightly on the pricey end.

Prusa i3MK3

Observing the build quality of several Prusa printers built in our Open Lab at the HSU, the build isn't one of the sturdiest out there. One possible upgrade to increase the frame strength and make the printer more sturdy is the bear upgrade, which is an all aluminium frame upgrade for the Prusa i3MK3 costing about 80 Euros bought as a kit. Moreover, most parts cannot be sourced locally, i.e. they have to be bought from Prusa.

bear upgrade
  1. The Vulcaman V1 Reprap 3D-Printer with a build cost of 300€ is a CoreXY fully DIY 3D printer based on the reprap model. It has a fully enclosed design and the design is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
    • BOM, CAD and a detailed instruction manual are available.
    • Much interaction from community on the design and 15+ rebuilds which shows the design is relatively simple with good instructions and is reproducible.
Vulcaman V1 Reprap Model 
Specifications:
  • Dimensions: 44cm x 44cm x 60cm
  • Build Volume: 20cm x 20cm X 26cm
  • Travel Speed: 300mm/s
  • Resolution: up to 0.05mm
  • Electronic: Ramps 1.4 with TMC2100 1/256 microstep Motordriver
  1. The Falla 3D is an OpenSource 3D Printer with a magnetic levitation system for the bearings of the X and Y axes. The printer is also modular (it can extrude all 3mm and 1.75 mm filaments) and is scalable.
    • BOM and CAD files exist on github
  • Specifications:
    • Scalable up to a 90x60x60 cm printing area (Printer size 100x70x70 cm)
    • Double Extruder - With a single FUM hotend, with a classic double 3mm hotend or with a 1.75 Bowden system.
  1. The D-bot Core XY 3D printer from user Spauda01 on Makerbot's Thingiverse is another solid alu frame design with a coreXY mechanism. The design has high community interaction and over 140 replications.
  • BOM, CAD and Build instructins (video and pdf guide) available
  • Costs about 550$
  • Build Volume: 300mm x 200mm x 325mm
  • Licences under Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) i.e. commercial as well.