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title: ""This printer – it doesn’t have a name; this is just a one-off…"
date: 2019-12-17
source: facebook
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# "This printer – it doesn’t have a name; this is just a one-off…

*December 17, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://hackaday.com/2017/03/25/mrrf-17-the-infinite-build-volume-printer/](https://hackaday.com/2017/03/25/mrrf-17-the-infinite-build-volume-printer/){target="_blank"}
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\"This printer -- it doesn't have a name; this is just a one-off project -- is the work of \[Bill Steele\] of Polar3D. The core of the build is just a hacked up MakerBot Replicator, but with one important difference. This printer has an Automated Build Platform tilted away from the nozzle at a 45-degree angle. What's the benefit of this setup? Continuous printing and an infinite build volume.\
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Despite being downright bizarre, the mechanics for this printer are actually pretty simple. The bed is a standard MakerBot heated bed, rotated 90 degrees in the axis you would expect, then rotated 45 degrees in the axis you wouldn't. A conveyor belt made of Kapton-coated paper is strung between two rollers and connected to a motor.\
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To produce a print, this printer starts at the very back and the very top of this conveyor belt. The first layer is added, the conveyor belt rolls forward a bit, and the second layer is added on top. The effect for each print is that the layer lines are 45 degrees from what you would expect.\
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When the print is finished, the belt just rolls forward until the part falls into a bin. Of course, since there's nothing stopping this printer from producing a meter-long part on this build platform. \[Bill\] has already produced a 3D printed chain using this printer that was four feet long. Each segment of the chain just fell off the end of the printer when it was done.\"\
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[https://hackaday.com/2017/03/25/mrrf-17-the-infinite-build-volume-printer/](https://hackaday.com/2017/03/25/mrrf-17-the-infinite-build-volume-printer/){target="_blank"}
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