Small Wood Frame DIY 3D Printer by Creativity Buzz

Creativity Buzz YT channel published a build video featuring a small wood framed 3d printer design powered by Arduino. Looks interesting. Anyone knows the model or more about this design?

How to attach a pencil to your Delta 3D printer and make it into a plotter

Here is an attachment made from plywood that can hold a pencil for Delta configuration machines. it can turn them into simple plotters enhancing your tool options. 
Video of plotter attachment in action connected to RDelta 3d printer:




All the files and instructions can be found at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2120341

Picture Perfect Prusa I3

"Picture perfect" is a heavily modified Prusa I3 built around a picture frame by Tropical Labs.  It has 16″ x 16″ x 16″ build volume.

Project homepage:

http://tropical-labs.com/index.php/3d-printers/picture-perfect

Adam's DIY 3D Printer Made From Salvaged Parts

Adam made this 3d printer form junk parts of an old paper printer, scanner and some bought cheap Chinese parts. It looks good.





It's good to see that RepStrap projects are still being made.

Adams YT channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyiAjNb1iIduPmNM2Uk1ag

Printtable DIY 3D Printer Made from IKEA Lack Tables

Wayne developed the Printtable 3D printer that uses IKEA table as a frame. It is sturdy and low in cost to make. And it gives a good use for those ugly IKEA furniture pieces if I may add.

Early version:




More detailed view:




CAD animation:




Extremely detailed step-by-step construction guide:

http://www.instructables.com/id/PRINTTABLE-the-Affordable-Attractive-IKEA-Lack-Tab/

Project homepage:

http://printtable.com/

Forum thread on 3dhubs:

https://www.3dhubs.com/talk/thread/just-finished-large-build-printer-using-ikea-lack-tables

Ikea Footstool Hacked into a 3D Printer

StefanoG from Genova, Italy, used an Ikea footstool and some Prusa i3 Rework parts an made a 3d printer.

You start with this (BTW: I HATE Ikea furniture)

And you get a 3D printer with wooden frame

Here is a detailed build guide with all the files needed:

http://www.instructables.com/id/From-an-Ikea-Footstool-to-Poang-3D-Printer/

Creators homepage:

http://www.arsenalidigitali.it/

BTW:

It is not a first 3d printer made from parts made of Ikea furniture, the first I saw was this Delta:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/12/custom-delta-3d-printer-built-from-ikea.html

nUnitled 3D Printer and Giova's Extruder from Italy

nUnitled 3d printer and Giova's extruder are DIY  machines developed in 2015 from Italy which are low cost and feature some interesting solutions.
The main feature of this project is its anti-wobble system which consists in the separation of Y and Z axis from Z screws. Y axis can moves freely on Z axis, because it's leaning on Z screws. This innovation avoids the transmission of Z screws wobble to Z axis.
This machines has wooden support structures.
Giova's extruder aims to be light and low-cost extruder based on the cheap 28BYJ-48 motor. It is relatively weak but it works.
Third party reviews are not yet available.

Here is the presentation video:




You can find all the files for the printer and extruder:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1434161

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1434128

TRINT low cost plywood DIY 3d printer by Kalle Lüütsepp

Kalle Lüütsepp made this simple and low cost wood based small 3d printer. It can probably be sourced for some 150 euro. Hopefully he will open source the build files sometime in the future.
Alle the files to make this printer are available on Thingiverse:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:889133

Here is the project description:

3D printer TRINT with printing area X,Y,Z 140x140x80 mm

Plywood (21mm) parts are CNC-machined in and some details are 3D printed. It can also do without the 3d printed pieces.

The printer needs:

• stepper motors 40mm 4pcs, 
• electronics RAMPS 1.4 with limit switches,
• hot end parts,
• LMUU8 linear bearings 12pcs,
• 8mm shafts 300mm 2pcs, 280mm 2pcs, 230mm 2pcs,
• coupling 5 to 8 1pcs,
• threaded rod 8mm 200mm 1pcs,
• 20 tooth gt2 pulley,
• timing belt gt2 700mm,
• 25 mm long M6 polts 6pcs,
• 20 mm long M6 polts 2pcs, 
• steel cross dowel nut M6 4pcs
• flanged bearing 6x15x5 8pcs,
• some M3 polts 25 mm long
• some 3mm wood screw 16mm long

Here is video of it in action:





Here is a photograph of it:

Update:

Here is a new wooden Trint 3d printer named "TrintCore3D"

Tech specs:

• Belts are two planes (corexy)
• External dimensions: 304x287x311
• Printing area: 150x120x100
• Linear bearing: LM8UU 12pcs
• Bearings for belt: flanged (F623ZZ) 3x10x4 24pcs

TrintCore3D overview:




All the files and instructions can be found at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1000309

MDFStrap wood frame RepStrap from New Zealand

Terry Bates published information about his project; he made a MDF board RepStrap. As I am a big fan of wooden 3d printers I had to re-post it.




MDFStrap links with build log and all the technical information:

http://reprap.org/wiki/MDFstrap

http://blog.hacktivate.co.nz/

https://hackaday.io/project/2284-mdfstrap-3d-printer-made-with-mdf

Tower Simple XL 200 USD DIY 3D printer

Here is a new simple and low cost machine project by Almus Yang. It has laser cut plywood frame and acrylic structural parts, it has no 3D printed parts. It can be sourced for some 200 USD on low cost parts sites like Alibaba.

Very detailed construction guide can be found at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Building-a-3D-Printer-Under-200/

All the files on Thingiverse:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:797666

How to upgrade early Printrbot Simple from fishing line to belt drive

If you own an early version of wooden Printrbot Simple from 2013 / 2014 that is powered by Kevlar fishing line you may want to upgrade it to belt drive.
Jason Bowling made a very detailed guide on the entire process that will upgrade you small Printrbot. Kudos Jason!

Detailed guide with pictures:

http://shortcircuitsandinfiniteloops.blogspot.in/2015/02/gt2-belt-drive-conversion-of-printrbot.html?m=1

How to build the cheapest DLP SLA 3d printer for under 500$ including projector

This is probably the cheapest DLP SLA 3D printer that you can build yourself for some 500 USD including the projector!

"Little Dipper" has a simple design that anyone can replicate with some basic DIY skills and it makes prints with reasonable quality.
The most expenisve par is the projector which you can get dfor some 350 USd new, but you could probably get it used somewhere. Other parts include simple z axis movement (screw or belt driven) on wood frame and Ramps 1.4 or Arduino controlled electronics.

Simple plastic vat and z axis screw drive

Objects 3d printed on Little Dipper

Objects 3d printed on Little Dipper. You can see the layers, but the quality is still great for the price.

Objects 3d printed on Little Dipper

Little Dipper DIY DLP Sla 3d printer. You can see all the elements with DLP projector on top.

Here is the project description from the makers:

How it works?
A DLP projector is used to cure UV setting resin one layer at a time while a moving axis drops incrementally into the vat of resin. A projected slice cures each layer and builds the part. This style of resin printer is different from a FormLabs 3D printer and some others in two ways.

1. It uses a DLP projector rather than a laser to cure each layer.
2. It shines the light source from the top rather than up from the bottom.

Advantages over laser based bottom up and DLP bottom up designs:

• Simplicity
• Lower start-up cost
• Modifiable to bottom up
• Fast build (~1 evening)

Major Components and Materials:

DLP projector
There are 2 known choices, although others may work.

1. Acer P1283 DLP Projector
2. Acer H6510BD DLP HD projector

Linear Slide/Axis

Almost any linear axis that is belt driven or screw driven will work. Project uses a minimal version of this:
http://www.openbuilds.com/builds/v-slot-lead-screw...
A more budget minded and adventurous person could even choose a drawer slide, but you may find that rigidity and smooth sliding in the z-axis will be a useful feature.

4x4 sheet of 1/2in MDF or equivalent material and hardware

The version shown here is as simple as it gets. 2 pices of MDF cut to provide a mount for the axis, projector and stable footing for the machine. Pretty much any kind of enclosure can be designed for this 3D printer. Your main objective is frame rigidity and ambient light blocking.

Ramps 1.4 or Arduino based electronics capable of running at least (1) nema 17 stepper motor

This build features a RAMPS 1.4 board, stepper drivers and an Arduino Mega 2650 with standard Sprinter firmware. There are some basic modifications needed depending on the hardware you choose. None of these modifications constitute needing to know anything in-depth about programming. The firmware used is modified for 5/16 standard threaded rod and has end-stops disabled. You can modify this firmware using the Arduino environment to further suit your needs.

UV Resin

Makerjuice.com, Madesolid.com are the two most seemingly popular and affordable options for UV resin suitable for DIY resin printers such as the one featured in this build. This build has been tested with G+ from Makerjuice. Funtodoo, Form1+ and Spark/Ember resin formulations are likely suitable.

Build Platform and Plastic Tupperware vat

This build includes plans for a build platform that fits a specific set of Tupperware available at "wallyworld". The benefit to the type chosen in this build is that you get a variety of sizes that scale easily, so that extensive design modifications are not needed. You will also need additional containers for post-cure/clean up of your resin parts.

Control Software and Slicer

Creation workshop is used to control and slice 3D models. Download Creation Workshop here.


Here is Instructables page of a project with detailed build guide, software and everything nneded to build it:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Little-Dipper-SLADLP-3D-printer-for-under-500-proj/

This project was developed by Instructables user "marshallpeck". Kudos to you sir! You can also see more at: https://www.facebook.com/protobuilds/ or http://protobuilds.com/ .

All the recent developments in SLA 3d printing make me think that it is the future for home and hobby 3d printing. We need more affordable resin materials and more low cost parts.

UPDATE:

Thanks to Reddit commentator "Panaetius" here is a link where you can start to research on how to hack or prepare a DLP projector for using it for SLA 3d printing. It describes basic concepts and example of modifications to color wheel focus / lens mechanism and UV filters.

http://www.os-rc.com/en/ilios-documentation-page/37-11-projector-modifications

UPDATE:

Chimera is even cheaper SLA DLP machine made from second-hand and scrpa parts for under 60USD:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2015/10/chimera-dlp-3d-printer-you-can-build.html

SmartCore low cost wooden box 3d printer

SmartCore is a new 3d printer developed by SmartFriendz who gave us SmartRap. It should be VERY affordable, cheap and easy to make since the frame is a simple wooden box made from any available wood sheet.

The design elements like motor size, rod size, print volume and wall thickens are customizable and the design files can be recalculated. Since I'm a huge fan of wooden frame 3d printers I really like this design and will follow the project closely!

The project is still in development and could have some small disadvantages like slightly higher noise level since the box is an acoustic resonator.

All the files needed to make your own Smartrap Core can be found at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:651117

https://www.youmagine.com/designs/smartcore

SmartFriendz Lab: http://smartfriendz.com/

Here is a video of Smartrap Core in action:




Boxes are cool, they hold stuff! You can even build your 3d printer in a milk bottle box! Yes ... old plastic milk crate! Technology is awesome!

Update (16.3.2015.):

Here are SmartCores printing:




I really like the colors!

Steampunk style DIY 3d printer based on Printrbot GO

John Davis made this beautiful steampunk themed 3d printer based on Printrbot Go. I'm a huge fan of wood frame 3d printers and this is work of a true craftsman.
It has some nice finishing touches like brass and bronze inlays, mechanical switches, functional gauges and suitcase form factor.
Kudos John!

You can get much more details and build log on Johns blog:

http://ei8htohms.tinyparts.net/?tag=printrbot-go

Here is the printer in action:

IcePick Delta 3d printer made with no linear rods or bearings

IcePick Delta 3d printer is a design without linear rods or bearings and with sturdy wooden frame. This approach lowers the total price and makes the machine parts more locally sourcable.
The project is developed by TTN and Matt Kimball and is still in intensive development stage.

From project description:

Icepick Delta is a open source 3d printer that was inspired by the Firepick Delta. The project aim is to build a 3d printer with no linear rods or linear bearings. I wanted a delta 3d printer, but was put off by linear rail and rod prices.

When the project started, the Firepick Delta files had not been released yet (they're on github now). The icepick is based on the Firepick Delta, but designed from the ground up.

The repapiness of this design is very high, leading to a smaller number of parts required, in turn lowering cost.

The build height looks to be about 160mm at the moment at a diameter of 200mm. Currently, printing speeds and acceleration have to stay low to avoid backlash. Another option to be explored is braided fishing line.

At the moment, the firmware is functional, but when going outside a certain radius (reachable points), it will decide to home that particular arm. Upper arm homing angle firmware needs some work.
The target printable area will be at least the standard 200mm cube.

More information and filess related to this project are at:

https://hackaday.io/project/1565-icepick-delta

https://github.com/Laura3/IcePick-Delta

FirePick project:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/12/firepick-delta-open-source-diy-pick-and.html

Quirky Bot is simple DIY 3D printer with wood base

Quirky Bot is simple and cheap DIY 3d printer developed by Spyhopper with plywood base.

All the files, plywood cutting .DXF-s and instructions can be found at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Woodbased-3D-printer/?ALLSTEPS


Here is video of Quirky Bot in action:




Here you can see more 3d printers made from wood:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/11/diy-3d-printers-made-from-wood.html

How to design and CNC cut wooden enclosure for your 3d printer

GuruBrew made an excellent tutorial video with step-by-step instructions on how to design and CNC cut wooden enclosure for your 3d printer. Video is very detailed and will guide you trough the entire process with valuable tips & tricks, software and tools used.

This is what the enclosure looks like:

The enclosure is made out of .25 an .5 inch MDF wood and acrylic (plexiglass) plastic. It was cut ona Techno CNC router. It is designed in Solid Works and CAM software was VCarve Pro and Mach3. It was made for Maker Farm Prusa i3, but the design could fit or be addapted to most machines.

Here is the video tutorial:





Here is a video of finishing the enclosure with Plexiglas panel windows:




GuruBrew has a great YouTube channel with many useful videos I'm subscribed to and would recommend you to follow him also ...


For other similar DIY wood enclosure projects check this post which features enclosure heated by scraped hair dryer heater:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/03/diy-3d-printer-enclosure-made-from-wood.html


This style would go great with wood frame 3d printer, which I like since wood has natural and warm feeling.

Repstrap 3d printer that is easy and cheap to make with timber pieces structure

Here is very simple, low cost and easy to make wooden Repstrap 3d printer presented on Thingiverse developed by user "skeat". It has a relatively small print volume (120mm x 120mm x 100mm) but it was designed as very simple and cheap machine to produce 3d printed parts for your "bigger" machine.
You will need only few common hand tools and materials. The structural frame is made from 12.5mm x 24mm wood pieces and 6mm plywood held by screws and liquid nails.

The design is based on Prusa i3, so the vitamins needed are:

• 6x smooth rods 
• 1x M5 threaded rod 
• 11x LM8UU linear bearings 
• 4x stepper motors 
• 2x 608 ball bearings 
• pulley and belts 
• 1x coupling

Only 3d printed part is the extruder.

I love the design style:

Here is video of it in action:




All the details and building instructions can be found at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:452770


To see more wood frame printers, with some that need no 3d printed or cnc cut parts, go to:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/11/diy-3d-printers-made-from-wood.html

MSF 3d printer is work of a Repstrap genius

This wonderful DIY 3d printer was made by peterthinks and it is a work of a Repstrap genius with its improvisations, innovations and rough design. The entire machine cost around 120 USD and it will get even cheaper.
I'm a big fan of wood frame machines and building stuff with anything you got available.

Here is the presentation of MSF 3d printer (you will find out what MSF acronym stands for later on in the description ...):




Here is MSF moving:





From project description:

This is not a kit. This is an introduction to the Monkey Shit Fight repstrap RepRap. It is seeking it's end-stops as it prepares to print a louse. That's me mumbling in the background trying to not sound like a crazy shut-in.

It's super easy to put together and I want to make a laser cut version. I've eliminated almost all the parts associated with traditional RepRaps. Not including the base I have the entire machine frame down to 10 wood parts. I will have the kit down to about 7 laser cut parts and 4 of those will be exactly the same dimensions. Pretty simple stuff!

I built this for about $120. That includes all electronics, motors and materials. Eliminating one of the Z axis motors really lowered the part count and increased the Z resolution. The V grove pulleys do double duty in that regard. They multiply the lifting force of the motor and increase the number of steps required to move up a millimeter. All the design changes I have made to improve this RepRap including fixed drive belt sections attached to metal edging, using Kevlar to tension the frame,

The blind nut adjusters for the Z axis smooth rod leveling, The flying gantry X carriage, The single motor Z axis pulley and carriage bolt Kevlar suspension system for the X carriage and the silicone tubing tensioning idler for the Y axis are all free to use for private non commercial use under the GPL licence. So if you wanna use these improvements on your own personal machine feel free. If you want to use these in a kit or sell upgrades for commercially available machines you'll need permission.

The build area is about 250 by 350 by 200 millimeters but I got it dialed down to match the heated bed till I can make a bigger one. All work was done with simple hand tools. The most exotic tools used were a Dremel a cheap drill press and a ancient one speed hand drill.

MSF Repstrap parts list:

1 Sheet of plywood for base
2 Y rod wood ends
4 wood screws to attach Y rod ends
2 sections smooth rod for Y axis

2 Z rod wood ends
2 wood screws to attach Z rod base
2 hose clamps to secure Z rod top
2 sections smooth rod for Z axis

2 wood adjustment horns for top of Z axis
2 blind nuts
2 bolts
2 wood screws to attach horns to top of Z axis
1 washer
1 screw
2 bearings
1 V groove bearing cover

1 Z axis motor
1 long hex nut drilled to take a pin
1 pin
1 nut
1 carriage bolt
1 carriage bolt end guide
1 bracket
2 wood screws to attach bracket to bolt guide
1 wood brace for Z string idlers
2 Z string idlers
2 screws to attach Z string idlers
1 length 150 pound Kevlar for Z axis string
1 counterweight for end of Z string
(Most of the Z axis top assembly will become 1 laser cut part later)

1 base for Y axis
1 Y axis motor
1 motor pulley gear
1 set screw
1 length of belt
1 length of aluminum molding
4 linear bearings
12 wood braces to box in the four bearings
4 screws
4 washers
4 springs
1 heated bed
1 sheet of glass
4 spring clips
1 length silicone tubing
2 screws to attach tubing to brackets
2 brackets to attach tubing to Y axis base

1 base for X carriage
4 linear bearings
4 sticks to brace bearings
8 zip ties to attach bearings
3 screws
6 bearings
3 V groove bearing covers
1 length of belt
1 length of aluminum molding
3 lock nuts

4 stepper drivers
1 ramps
1 arduino
3 endstops
2 thermistors
wires

1 hotend
1 hotend heater

1 extruder motor
3 base parts for extruder
1 screw
3 bolts
2 nuts
4 washers
1 extruder gear
1 set screw
1 bearing
1 bearing arm
1 bowden tube
1 bowden end
1 bowden end bracket

2 lengths 150 pound Kevlar string for bracing
2 turnbuckles
4 wood screws

Epoxy
Crazy glue

Hot to build DIY Delta from junk matrix printers and a scanner

This homemade Delta  was built by Hesam with parts from old paper dot matrix printers and scanner. Frame is made from 16mm MDF board. MDF and some steel parts are cut on CNC but there are no 3d printed parts. It is controlled by Arduino Leonardo.

Primary design guidelines were:

• Build volume: 200x200x200 mm
• Footprint: 600x650 mm
• Print surface: 200x200 mm heated glass which never moves.
• Mass of end effector with hotend: less than 600 grams.
• Positioning speed: up to 80 mm/s in all 3 directions.
• Positioning accuracy: at least 10 steps/mm in all 3 directions.
• Simplicity and use of recycled parts
• Hardware cost: less than 400 USD.

Sliders were made three Epson LQ 2170 dot matrix printers bought from scrapyard for less than 20$

Heated build platform made from Epson flatbed scanner and heating element which can heat it up to 120 C and is controlled by thermostat

Detailed guide and files to CNC cut the wooden frame:

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-delta-3D-printer-using-low-cost-recycled-parts/?ALLSTEPS


Here is first post about 3d printer made from old inkjet printer and scrap scanner:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/05/diy-3d-printer-made-from-scrap.html

For another wood frame ultra low cost Delta with NO cnc cut or 3d printed parts take a look at:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/03/delta-twister-ultra-low-cost-diy-3d.html

or look at:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/06/repscrap-diy-3d-printer-from-salvaged.html (detailed guide focused on printer made from salvaged inkjet parts with DC motors)