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Frame is built and the movement on this thing is incredibly smooth!

I could not upload the gif here due to size, so if you would like to see it, then you can check out this tweet:
https://twitter.com/FunKing3d/status/1033090700122968064

There has been a couple of the printed parts that I needed to address due to clearance issues, but things are really coming together.

The last of my stepper motors have arrived and now I am just waiting on the power supply and a few pieces of hardware.

I will start setting up and testing the electronics very soon.

Hello everyone! I am Glenn from Fun King 3D and a few months ago I decided to design and build my own 3D Printer from the ground up.

This printer will have a 400x1200X475mm build volume and will feature a Duet Ethernet/PanelDue, Bondtech Extruder, E3D V6 Hotend, and all printed parts will be done in IC3D PETG that was custom colored for us. (Available from their website for purchase.)

Quick Note: I intentionally did not research other printers/ways to do what I have done here. I have had a few people give me advice to go look at this and that. I am always open to suggestions, ideas, criticism, etc.. but please note that I am not looking to build this like someone else's design. This is for the purpose of educating myself and my son, as well as trying to do things outside the box. I just feel it is in my best interest to not copy current designs in the hopes of stumbling upon something new, better, different, etc.. Again, I am not saying that I don't want input. I have had some great input from people. I just want it to be known that I am not looking to (intentionally) copy any current designs. (I hope this paragraph does not make me sound like a jerk! That is not my intentions.)

With that said, there is information available on our website at:
https://www.funking3d.com/FK-1

And a teaser trailer video available at:
https://youtu.be/YxHpcLYmU1I

A huge THANK YOU to the following companies for working with us on this! In no particular order:
Duet3D
IC3D Printers
E3D
Bondtech

About Us: Fun King 3D is a joint venture between a father and a son to learn and teach things about 3D Printing and Electronics Projects. Fun King 3D is not a business. We are here to have fun and learn something new every day. You can find us most places @funking3d and twitter is our main place of contact.

If you have questions or comments, let it rip. We love to have dialog with other people in the 3D Printing community!

Thanks for the space.

Well last night the printer finally moved under it's own power!!!! (video link below.)

I am going to admit something here... I am pretty stubborn and set in my ways. Most of the time I blame it on my OCD, but that is not always true. LOL! When I first thought about the Duet board, I told myself it would be fine and I would just hook a Raspberry Pi to it and use Octoprint just like the rest of my printers. But after playing with it last night, I love the interface! It is amazing to me that there is a console with keyboard on there! (Now I need to figure out how to tweet from there. LOL!

This has been an epic journey so far and it is only going to get better!

I have a little bit of cable management to do and then I will get the bed installed. After that, it will be time to lay down some plastic!

Thanks for following along so far!

Here is the link to the stream last night where it finally powered up and moved: https://youtu.be/9YczLdAs_zw (Motion is around 8 minutes in.)

Again, HUGE THANK YOU to
Duet3D
IC3D Printers
E3D
Bondtech
Antclabs
OpenBuilds
Kuntry3D
Scott McLellan
Uncle Ron
All of the other friends of the channel who donated and supported

And very importantly, my wife for dealing with all of this!

@phaedrux @napierdmark

Thank you for the input. I have not concentrated on design for making the frame rigid as I want to have the frame built for testing. But your suggestions are good.

As for the CoreXY, the premise is understood and if I need it as a plan B that is where I will likely go. Again, the point of this was to try to be different. To think outside the box in the hopes of stumbling upon something great.

@streamliner

I will absolutely share the cost when I know. The issue currently is that during the prototyping stage, more money is spent than needed as I test things. My best guess is $1500 at this point. The aluminum for the frame was $330 alone.

The whole project is being sourced so that others will be able to build one eventually.

Thanks all!

I want to give a HUGE shout out to our latest sponsor to join the FK-1 project... Printed Solid has stepped up to supply a PEI sheet! But not just a PEI sheet, a custom laser cut 16"x48" (Just slightly larger than 400x1200mm!) Thank You Printed Solid!

The FK-1 has done it's first print and it did not go well. I should preface it with the fact that I am still learning a lot of new things, but more so, I did not do any initial calibrations. I had decided quite a while ago that I would be printing a 3DBenchy as my first print because it is a model I am familiar with.

So during a live stream, I printed this:

Yes, that is a complete and total mess. But the point was for the printer to push filament for the first time.

Yesterday during a stream, I attempted another benchy and was having a consistent layer shift in about the same spot every time. I moved away from the benchy and printed a calibration cube and ended up with this:

Not the greatest, but not bad. Size wise, it was very, VERY close to 20x20x20.

So as a last ditch effort last night, I dialed in a few more slicer settings and upped my X motor current a bit more and printed another benchy. Here is the outcome:

Not perfect by any means, but the closest I have to a good print.

This has all been on a temporary bed. I am using the leaf out of an Ikea kitchen table until my sheet of MIC-6 aluminum gets here (today.) Once I get it drilled and mounted, I should be able to get it dialed in much better and have more consistent results.

Thanks for reading and Print On!

Just wanted to drop in with a quick update:

Joe from Project R3D (https://www.projectr3d.com/) has jumped on board with sponsoring the FK-1! He has provided a DueX5 so that I can run 4 independent Z motors and setup auto leveling on the carriage that carries the X and Y axes. He also provided a Duet Maestro so I can design an enclosure in case someone wants a cheaper option when building a FK-1.

So with this, the next step is getting the 4 ball screws and getting them mounted. My plan is to have this done, tuned, and functioning by ERRF!

Thanks for reading!