Update 1/18/2016
I printed this carriage in PETG at 50% infill & have been using it for over a week without any problems. last night I printed a 14 hour print of a Delta Vertex. The carriage took over 5 hours to print. I included a photo of that carriage installed.
I modified this X-carriage design this past summer. I named it a happy x-carriage because it initially had a smile carved in the back plate. That design did not seem as functional as this, but it still seems happy. This was created with openscad. I used Draftsight to create the 2d geometry & TurboCAD to generate the ledge around the edge using the railsweep command. I have been sidetracked on some other projects, so I have printed out this final version, but have printed & tested versions similar to this. Thought I would go ahead and upload this in case someone else would like to try this part. With the added holes & triangle shaped cuts on the side, I believe this will help venting heat as well as cutting down on some vibration. I also added my x-carriage Belt clamp which is used by the openscad program when drawing this assembled to visualize potential interferences.
There are 3 main options for printing this part. You can add:
Ears to help keep it stuck to the print bed.
1/8" brass bar cutouts to keep it stiff in case you want to try using PETG instead of ABS
With the added holes for ventilation & the brass, my hope is to be able to print this in PETG
Print one of these STL files or adjust the openscad file to your needs:
i3V_X-Carriage_rev30_repaired.stl
i3V_X-Carriage_WithEars_rev30_repaired.stl
i3V_X-CarriageNoEars_BrassCuts_rev30_repaired.stl
i3V_X-CarriageWithABLMount_rev30_repaired.stl
I plan to use 50% infill for this print.
i3V_X-CarriageNoEars_BrassCuts_rev30_repaired.stl | 453.7KB | |
i3V_X-CarriageWithABLMount_rev30_repaired.stl | 392.9KB | |
i3V_X-Carriage_rev30.scad | 27.4KB | |
i3V_X-Carriage_rev30_repaired.stl | 387.5KB | |
i3V_X-Carriage_WithEars_rev30_repaired.stl | 416.6KB | |
X-CarriageBeltClamp_rev20_repaired.stl | 56.7KB | |
X-CarriageLedge_rev30.stl | 135.8KB |