Cerealbot

Creator: ctag Status: Testing HGBP, formatting wiki Born On: 23:32, 13 December 2014 (CST) Last Updated: 12:22, 09 June 2015 (CDT)

Don't hesitate to contact me with questions or ideas:

Christopher Bero
ctag on #makerslocal at freenode.net
bigbero@gmail.com

Map

If you want to build a Cerealbot:

First check out Cerealbot/Hardware

And then go to Cerealbot/rpi

References:

Cerealbot/Financial

Cerealbot/Archive

Cerealbot/avr

Cerealbot/printrbot

Overview

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  Unmodified Printer

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  Unmodified Printer

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  Concept Design

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  Prototype Frame

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  Workspace

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  Climate Container

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  Glass Build Plate

Whether I'm right or wrong, I feel that 3D printers of the reprap and home-use variant have been allowed to stagnate. Regardless of an assortment of companies or model types, low cost 3D printers operate on roughly the same almost-but-not-quite plane. Whereas I can incrementally fire off several dozen pages across multiple document types to our shop's laser printer from the comfort of my own home half an hour away, I can pretty much only 3D print while I'm present in the room to prep the printer for each part. This project, Cereally 3D / Cerealbot / Cerealbox / whatever, is my attempt at fixing a few of the issues that keep FDM printers out of practicality for a range of use-cases by making a low cost 3D printer serialized (not cerealized).

It is my hope that this project will bring about an affordable printer that can be placed in a school and maintained in a low-overhead, ad-hoc manner. The serialization will also allow for maximal student use from each printer, meaning that more investigative minds have access to this technology.

External Resources

Parts

Amazon is an OK outlet for GT2 gear/belt parts for the X-Y motion

Source for 2-3mm Hex Bolts like those used in the simple metal

Pololu for servos

MISC

ctag's G+ Image Album

Printrbot initial config guide

Protoparadigm plastic I'm interested in

Quick guide on authbind, which allows octoprint to bind port 80

http://hackaday.com/2013/10/23/3d-printering-a-call-for-an-open-source-automated-build-platform/

Glass is good for easy part removal

Other serial printers

Someone's building a Cerealbot! https://wiki.melbournemakerspace.org/projects/CerealBot

http://nvbots.com/about/

http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?6311-One-more-robotic-3D-printer-assembler