One of the tricky parts of the Inova SLS 3D printer project was the arrangement of the optical components. Basically, it was not too complicated topic itself, but it was completely out of my experience and focus field. I had just general idea how should the SLS laser and optics’ arrangement look like and didn’t …
Frame of the Inova SLS 3D Printer is not the most complicated thing in the world. But despite that, it still has to fulfill some specific requirements. Biggest challenge was to design the printer frame in the way to accommodate all the heated parts and at the same time to hold the heat only in …
Manufacturing of the recoater assembly was a pleasure. That was because I did a lot of work at my old-fashioned lathe machine. It is something, I really like to do. In accordance with my Fusion 360 design, I went for the layout containing counter rotating roller even it is not the simplest approach. Despite, it …
Initial design as well as the electronics setup and firmware selection were behind me so I could move to the Inova build itself. Although it took me a few months to get to this point, now I can shout: “Yes, let’s the fun begin, heated chambers and beds are waiting!”. Those words did indeed run …
Heated Chamber Is The Holy Grail: Let’s Make It! Read More »
I decided to use the BigTreeTech 1.4 Turbo control board and Raspberry Pi 4B both running the Klipper Firmware to control my Inova SLS 3D Printer. If you are interested why and how I came to that, read further. To be able to determine what I will need in terms of electronics and its overall …
Klipper Firmware, Raspberry & BTT: For Me The Best Combo Read More »
