330x240x240mm Arduino 3D printer WITHOUT using NEMA 17 stepper motors - Part 0 project introduction
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2021
- Guess what? We're building a 3D printer!!! I know there are already way too many 3D printer videos on CZcams, but this is going to be a rather special one! In fact, I'm on a budget of only $50, so I'm skipping the expensive NEMA 17 stepper motors everyone else uses entirely, instead relying on unipolar stepper motors salvaged from e-waste like old laser printers, photocopyers and typewriters!
This is going to be a rather unusual in-depth video series on the engineering and the design challenges of a super-cheap homemade wooden 3D printer with a print volume of 330x240x240 millimeters, in an attempt to get a little diversity into the 3D printing space.
In this project introduction video I show you the concept I spent the last couple of months developping, and explain the background of my decision to suddenly build one, even though I personally don't like 3D printing.
Here are some affiliate links to the parts I got for this printer:
20pcs V-groove ball bearings: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AgLaFh
5pcs A4988 stepper motor drivers: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Apv00b
Cheapy hotend kit: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A217Gn
Arduino mega 2560: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AnxG2B
PLA filament: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AYoQWP
4010 turbine fan: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AnUid9
100k NTC temperature sensor for heated bed: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A9cOwJ
10m nylon coated fishing line: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9HKabt
Keep in mind I got a few of these items during sale, so the total might well be above $50 now (especially with inflation)
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Thank you so much for your support guys!
2022 will have some amazing videos coming, stay tuned!
This is the spirit of the original 3d printing maker community, the reprap project. Great video.
I can't wait for video part2 , I am also making one from old printers
You're not supposed to order the 3d printed parts, you're support to get them for free or for cost from people that already built their printers. Then when yours is done you can "print it forward" to create a new generation of 3d printers and printer owners. That's the idea of the open source reprap project that was the foundation of the 3d Printer revitalization that started around 15 years ago. Prusa i3 was a part of that.
I heard of that one too, but I think it sucks nonetheless
Cannot wait to see this work
Hi love ur vid! Do you think I can just use 28BYJ-48 stepper motors for X Y & Z axes too? I'm not sure where to salvage old motors and I'm a student on very low budget. And there's something about backlash u said?
Hi! Yes you technically can use the 28BYJ-48, it has been done before (check out the cherry 3d printer project: czcams.com/video/mdrdldGIYgA/video.html which actually inspired my 3D printer to begin with!) though you will have to enable backlash compensation for it to work reasonably. However I strongly recommend looking for old printers, photocopiers, electronic typewriters, flatbed scanners etc to salvage better steppers from, cause many things you can buy at a low price will more or less be junk whereas components of a once expensive photocopier for example are a lot higher quality. The Canon 8800f scanner has an amazing albeit small stepper motor inside that I think would be perfectly suited for a small ender 3 style X-carriage. I know it can be hard to find E-waste depending on the country you live in, but maybe try asking at a local junkyard or recycling center, it's where I get stuff... Alternatively you could maybe post something on local social media for devices people are about to throw out. I say all this, because 3d printing is unfortunately a rather expensive pastime, even if you have a super low cost printer you'll pay a multiple of it's price for filament within no time. I bought 3 rolls of the cheapest PLA I could find and it already cost as much as the budget I set for the printer... So unless you recycle plastic waste into filament too, it will not be cheap no matter what - also, heatbeds gobble up a LOT of power. If you have to pay your electric bill yourself, the slower the printer due to crappy motors (like the ones I'm using) the more you'll pay down the road.
I hope this isn't discouraging as it's not meant to be, but that's what I've learned so far from building this machine and I think you should know before launching into this. Entry level commercial printers are already about as minimalist and cheap as a 3d printer can be made using new parts without resorting to total junk, hence why I think our best bet is still e-waste... That being said I am trying to develop a 3D printer ecosystem with proper included plastic recycling for as cheap as humanly possible, but that'll take me years to come...
@@ChronicMechatronic wow your explanation is so in depth and I've never seen a creator put so much effort into replying to viewers! Will take what you said into consideration and when I do make the final product I'll let you know for sure
@@BenLam00 I don't usually take so much time to answer comments either, only when something constructive comes to mind :)
This content is so great. Why more people knew about you!
Thank you :)
Unfortunately there's a tradeoff between making many videos to get popular quickly and making good content :(
Majority of people doesn't care about content quality 😥
Dude, can't wait for it
This is a very interesting video. I’m also planning to build my own cheap 3d printer printer and a cnc.
Great! As a matter of fact I'm going to build a CNC for milling prototype PCBs after finishing my 3B printer and pen plotter :)
Awesome!!!!!!!!! Keep it up! I made a laser cutter out of old scanners, inkjet printers, and laser printers. Oh yeah I will enjoy the series. And I am 14 and like building stuff like you! When I built my laser and had a hard time with the computer part like you had with your pen plotter! So your not alone!
Please reply if you see this. I really enjoy this channel!
I read most comments! Glad you enjoy my content, and yeah, there is definitely way too little information out there on how to build CNCs, 3D printers and stuff using salvaged stepper motors! I'll really go into detail to hopefully be helpful to people who want to reuse e-waste instead of buying new stuff!
@@ChronicMechatronic I also saved the linear rods from the printer because there like $8 a piece and got some bearings and used those for smooth movement. You probably could use those like the anet a8 uses.
Hello, I have some information that can be of help.
For the firmware, I think the EasyThreed mini 3d printers use your kind of stepper motor. So you use their firmware as a base for yours as it runs on a modified arduino mega board.
You can do more digging on the EasyThreeD 3D printers, It can be of help as you make yours because of their type of stepper motor.
Oh really, thank you! I'll look into it!
Happy New Year from Baracoa. Cuba.
Thanks! The same to you!
Great album photos, especially "Moss and lichen"♥👍
Thanks :)
Happy New Year
I've just arrived here. I already like you
good job mate. love your enthusiasm
Thx
Very good
Is it really unipolar?mine are like these but they have 4 wires as well and you can use unipolar as a bi polar with simple changes
All the stepper motors I plan on using are unipolar, but yes, I'm going to wire them in the bipolar configuration to use the microstepping drives. Except for the 28BYJ-48 extruder, for that one I'm developing my own true unipolar drive circuit :)
@@ChronicMechatronic Bruh i just hope and pray that you could finish your project.Your actually giving me hope on my cnc router project..😁
Iam actually planning to use 2 motors per axis..Will that be good?
@@mustafizsiam1506 sure, you can theoretically use as many motors per axis as you want, you just need to connect them all in parallel to the same stepper motor driver, or if they're bigger steppers that need a separate driver each, just connect all the motor drivers of the same axis to the one arduino output for that axis. If you connect multiple motors to one single driver they must be mechanically linked so as not to be unequally loaded. Otherwise microstepping won't work...
This is fantastic and I will like to see it to the end. Please, kindly show the schematic diagram for connecting the motor to the Arduino board. Thanks so much.
I will show everything
i just know you but i love you so much, happy new year to you and everyone
Thank you! Happy new year to you, too!
Nice
Thanks for using cheap things.
Because most of us don't have such amount of money
Kudos to You
Yeah, was about high time someone did it slightly differently... Though there's really no point in having a cheap 3D printer without also recycling plastic waste into filament to avoid having insanely high operating costs due to filament being stupid expensive.
This guy is legend he knows my pain
can you make core xy cnc pen plotter
Tbh I think nothing of core XY systems, way too many moving parts, too much to go wrong, unnecessary complexity especially for a pen plotter...
Hey can you send your 3d animation file
Im loving your videos. Make a 3D filament struder to recycle plastic bottles. :D Please!
Definitely will!! Was planning to do so since starting this project, big prerequisite to getting into 3D printing for me!
Super 😎 bro
mengapa printer 3d tidak menggunakan dinamo printer induksi yang lebih smooth pergerakkannya
wow man you should have more subs
I hope I'll get more subs one day :)
1:40 That's great. Thanks for the idea. By the way , are you from France ?
I live in France, yes
The PLA certainly does not count towards the budget. If you were building a scrollsaw, would you include the wood you are sawing with it?
PLA is as I understand made out of corn....so maybe not really 'plastic' waste??
Lol, certainly not 😂
interesante tengo años haciendo un cnc
Keep going
I will!
I love your posts. They're entertaining and instructive as well. Very dynamic performance too. May I call you "wood minimalist"? As you said most of 3D printer diy reviewers are almost annoying, they copy each other. Yours will be unique. Can't wait to watch the entire series. Thank you!
Yeah, minimalist sums it up pretty well!
Seni sevdim dostum
I can get it under 30 USD here if I design everything from scratch
and salvage things from scrapyard
Edit:
Even the consumable plastic I can get it from plastic bottles I find on the streets
Habla demasiado y no hace nada
Entonces no mires el video 😉
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