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Any thoughts on a fully printed voron? (self.3dprinting)

submitted 5 months ago by papalonian to c/3dprinting

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Hi guys, been thinking about this for a couple weeks now but can't seem to find anything online about anyone who has tried it.

I'm considering converting my printer into a voron. However, since I currently have a fully functioning printer, I wondered why I can't print the extrusions rather than purchasing them? Of course they are larger than my printer's volume, but there was this video posted here a while back about a great way to create strong permanent joints for parts just like this:

https://youtu.be/zI8OgRRF5d8

The way I would do this would be to model the extrusions as a solid piece and make cutouts in the areas that bolts are meant to be ran through.

Is this even within the realm of possibility, or is there a specific barrier that has prevented others from trying this? The obvious concern is stability/ rigidity, but if everything is printed at voron part standards or thicker with an infill pattern like gyroid, would the decrease in rigidity be too much for input shaping to compensate for?

Thanks for any ideas or input! If there aren't any major road blocks or examples of this failing I think I'll try it out once I've got the space for it.

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[–] papalonian 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're the most expensive part I need to source. I already have a majority of the other parts in the form of my current printer, really I only need a few more lead screws, stepper motors, and maybe a new controller if I can't figure out how to get the one I have working with that many steppers. The extrusions make up ~2/3 the expenses of this conversion, hence the question haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

$20 is 2/3 of your expenses?

https://jlcmc.com/product/s/T04/TXLB/voron-aluminum-profile-frame-2.4-3d-printing

[–] papalonian 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just as a heads up, in case you ever wanted to order these (or anyone else is viewing this post and is looking to source extrusions), the price for the frame is around $20, the cost for shipping to the US is around $110.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry about that, I didn’t see that.

[–] papalonian 1 points 5 months ago

It's all good. I think there might be some sort of import fee specific to this type of item, most of the Chinese vendors have them for $30-50 with $100+ shipping.

There is a listing on Amazon that's around $85 after one of those coupon things, with free shipping. Seems to be the best deal I can find.

[–] papalonian 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

~~If I'm not mistaken those are prices per extrusion? There's multiple lengths that are needed, I don't think one part number is representative of the entire frame, but I could be reading it wrong. I looked at this same page when I saw your comment this morning~~

Edit: sorry, I was indeed looking at the site wrong. That's actually incredibly useful information, thank you so much for this link! The cheapest place I'd seen so far I was looking at ~$150 for the full set.