Space Invaders Carriage (Eustathios)
Updated version of this extruder can be found here
This is an experimental extruder design that may be compatible with some Eustathios printers (I'm using Eric Lien's Eustathios v2 Spyder variant). This extruder is designed to switch between bowden, direct drive Gear Head, and direct drive Bondtech using the linked extruder parts. I may redesign it once I have a better idea which configurations I prefer.
The main differences with this extruder are the following:
- Allows switching between different configurations (bowden, direct drive, bondtech, and gearhead)
- It is much larger (and heavier), expect to lose about 1cm build area in x and y (significantly more y in BondTech direct drive mode)
- It is more difficult to assemble and install so I'd recommend starting with one of the other designs if building a new printer
- Hotend height is higher (this may cause problems with some bed configurations? - I'm using a custom bed configuration)
- More CFM for part cooling (I prefer to run with more cooling than most)
- I don't know if the extruder cooling is sufficient for warmer environments or heated build chambers.
See the instructions tab for more info on assembly and parts required.