Hi, I just was wondering if anyone here knows about this.
Basically imagine a CoreXY with the Y axis driven like a cartesian and the top belt path being continuous belts while the bottom is connected to my carriage.
The Idea is that the top belt path will drive my extruder gears and i'll have a remote drive that doesn't use pricey and finnicky remote shafts. Best of both worlds!
I'm making a budget tool changer and I'm debating going this route and even using a clutch system to use the same motor for locking my tools (the dock's pins will push the gear back, disengage them with the extruder, engage them with the twist lock bar's gears, basically like a car, expect instead of friction i'll use gear teeth since I can accurately "remember" the position I left the gear in
I googled a lot, the only actual attempt done was a very badly built printer that squeaked a ton and they didn't properly even show their results.
also more important question:
With Orbiters and Sherpa mini's and even 50g nema 14 steppers available (tho I think that's going too far?) is this worth it? because keep in mind i'm saving 100g. do you think i'll see a big difference?
anyone with an orbiter that upgraded from bowden can tell me how much speed they could gain (without ghosting)