{"id":778,"date":"2018-08-31T00:52:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?p=778"},"modified":"2019-03-07T00:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T11:54:14","slug":"ndi-d-bot-printer-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"NDI D-Bot Printer Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So in the workshop this week we have had\u00a0<span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">David our Computer Science Major\u00a0<\/span>building an NDI D-Bot 3D printer with a few David type modifications.<\/p>\n<p>This little baby won&#8217;t be using a cantilevered build plate, as in many other printer systems, but rather a four lead screw system of his own design.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-791\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?attachment_id=791\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,813\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Modified NDI-DBot Printer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Four screws&amp;#8230; but will the stepper be able to handle the load?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16-1024x650.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/photo_2018-06-29_18-44-16-167x106.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four screws&#8230; but will the stepper be able to handle the load?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David believes that four lead screws will solve the problem of flexing build plate seen in other printers he has used. He read in several reviews that earlier versions seemed to have stability problems due to the <span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">one lead screw supported with two linear guide rails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David is hoping that this modification will address the issue encounter with the workshop Makerbot Replicator Dual Original&#8217;s flexible build plate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-778-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tameion.co.nz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/2018-08-31-23.05.25.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;784&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Box of Goodies&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;All the Parts together&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tameion.co.nz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/2018-08-31-23.06.40.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;786&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Fails&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;And failed&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tameion.co.nz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/2018-08-28-21.18.56.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;787&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Printer Maintenance Time&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Print head tear down to address a loose Drive Gear Set Screw in the feeder head.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tameion.co.nz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/2018-08-28-23.32.49.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;788&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Clean Prints&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;First Print after head tear down. 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