JourneyMaker Is an Improved Positron Portable 3D Printer
Most of us stick our 3D printers on workbenches after which go away them there for years, however there are fans which have labored over time to develop extra moveable 3D printers. The objective is normally to construct one thing compact, light-weight, and sturdy sufficient to carry alongside to occasions, like conferences and commerce exhibits. Just a few years in the past, we had been wowed by Kralyn’s Positron design, which took benefit of a number of ingenious tips to push the bounds of portability. But it surely wasn’t with out flaws. Now Voxolite has redesigned the Positron to handle a few of these and create the JourneyMaker.
For those who haven’t seen it, you must go and try the unique Positron. It had a really uncommon format — together with an upside-down construct plate and folding Z axis — that gave it the flexibility to break down down into a transportable bundle sufficiently small to suit into a regular filament field. However as revolutionary as that was, it required many uncommon components that had been troublesome and costly to manufacture. Most of Voxolite’s work on the JourneyMaker went into making this design simpler and extra inexpensive to construct.
This required an nearly full redesign with particular consideration in the direction of each half manufacturing and meeting. That redesign is what lets Voxolite supply a JourneyMaker child (presently $296.96) that features CNC-milled components, 3D-printed components, rails, the distinctive heated mattress, and GT2 timing belts. Clients solely must supply the digital elements and put the time in to meeting the 3D printer.
Voxolite paid specific consideration to the wants of the Positron neighborhood, present modifications, and potential for future modifications. As a lot as doable, the JourneyMaker is suitable with the Positron modifications widespread throughout the neighborhood. That mentioned, we count on to see one thing of a fork beginning right here that separates the mainline Positron neighborhood from the JourneyMaker neighborhood. Some compatibility points are unavoidable and needed for the enhancements Voxolite made to the design.
If you wish to give it a shot, JourneyMaker kits are presently in inventory on the Voxolite web site. There’s even a customized restricted version carrying case obtainable if you’d like one thing slightly fancier than a cardboard filament field.
