A Universe of Things

Sarrus Linkage Mark III

Created by
fdavies
Created on Dec 12, 2009
Featured on Dec 12, 2009

This is the next step in my attempt to make a Sarrus linkage based 3D printer. The idea is to have a cartesian mechanism without those long rods and bearings.

I built three of the Mark III and mounted them in a x-y arrangement as shown. They can move over a square about 105 mm wide, and someday may carry an extruder. They are driven by DC motors taken from inkjet printers. These motors are driven in a servo arrangement using quadrature optical encoders and optical strips removed from the same printers.

Instructions

Print:
2 end pieces
2 armatures
3 spine pieces
6 hinge plate type a
6 hinge plate type b
1 motor plate (modify to fit your motor)
1 belt plate
1 pulley plate
1 opto plate
1 DB9 bracket

Do a lot more stuff (details available upon request) like trimming, drilling out holes, etc.
Mount either a stepper motor with belt (not shown)

Make three of these things and connect them as shown.

Sarrus Linkage Mark III

Tags

Who's Made It?

They Like It

Instructions

Required Tools

Comments

Latest From The Thingiverse Blog

Join Thingiverse®!

Things

Tools

Blog

About Thingiverse®