So I bit the bullet and bought an extruder. It was from qb-bd and was about 68 bucks with shipping. I have a home built wood router I made about 6 years ago.
Is it just me or is any other cnc addict shocked at the cost of IMO low quality 3d printers. I was amazed at the size of the print head . My first response was oh ain't that cute. I'm coming up with some ideas. My first plan was to add it to my wood mill. But the decided to build a standalone. I found an old flatbed scanner ht looks like gold for a base.
My question I guess is what limits the speed of these things. Is it the speed of extrusion or the fact the steppers are so small. My plan here is to document my build and try to reinvent the wheel. Perhaps finding an aha moment.
It will use abs. And my own controller with mach3 driving it. Hope to get some good input
Tim