building my own 3d printer

Fadi

Hello guys. my name is Fadi Bouchebl. I am very new at 3d printing, but very interested in it. I want to through my self into the deep end of this world and try to understand it because i want to turn this into a business.
My question is very simple. I would like to build my own 3d printer. I don't think i will have any problems with the hardware of things. But, do you think that i will be able to manage the electronic and the wiring of it if i have zero experience with electronics?
I dont even know what parts to buy and what works with what. Is there a full electronics package with all the wiring that i can buy and documentation that i can follow and expect and average graphic designer like me to be able to put it all together???

Thank you
Fadi

peter247

@fadi I would say buy a cheap kit first like the ender 3.
Which is like a build your own , but it as all the correct parts and instructions how to build it.
Play and learn with all the parts and find why some parts are better than others , take things apart and learn before you make your own .
I started my 3d printing days with my own design , but it is not until you get it working you find , "you think you are making a great new design" , but really building a cart with square wheels.

engikeneer

@fadi I'd agree with what @peter247 said. It's probably worth getting yourself more familiar with all sides of 3d printing before diving into designing your own printer from scratch.
I started designing my own printer after having the first (bought one) for about a year. Three years, 6 major redesigns and many evenings of playing with it, and it does give pretty good results. I've learnt an awful lot through it (mostly how not to do things!), though I've done a bit of electronics stuff before so the learning curve for that wasn't too steep

Usually people design the mechanical side of things first (as it's easy to CAD up), then the wiring is a bit of an after thought that they add on. This means the documentation for a lot of 'kit' printers is not quite so good for the wiring side...

One I'd recommend looking at is the BLV MGN cube design (https://www.blvprojects.com/blv-mgn-cube-3d-printer). You can get complete kits for it and there's decent documentation, whilst still being quite DIY.

peter247

@fadi I agree with @engikeneer on the BLV MGN cube , which is what I'm building right now , but I'm not building from a kit so all sourcing parts is on me.
BUT not sure if Core XY is the way to go for your first printer, AND unless you go for the metal parts you need to have a printer to make all the plastic parts ?.

Fadi

@peter247 Thank you peter.

Fadi

@engikeneer thank you very much

Nuramori

@Fadi For the wiring, one of the best guides as been the link below. Even if you don't use AC mains power for the bed, the interactive PDF is very useful to help understand the wiring for the BLV cube, and the concept of wiring up a 3D printer in general.

BLV wiring switchgear