In the current state of this beta there's a 50/50 shot you will experience Z banding depending on how well you setup your Z and how lucky you get with your T12s, this is something we're working on and if you don't want to risk it i would recommend waiting a bit. If you don't mind then just know a solution is in the works!
This is an "Open Beta"
Project Gasherbrum (K3 for short) is a Small Format, Direct Drive, Fully Enclosed or Open Air FDM Printer.
This is an entirely scratch design, based on the efforts of the "Hypercube Overkill Project" for the XY Motion System
Our discord server can be found here: https://discord.gg/MzTR3zE
- Fully Enclosed Design or Open Air
- 2020 Frame Members
- Build Volume of ~180^3 mm
- Direct Drive Extruder
- Shortest Belt Paths Possible, 4 Motors, 2 Per X, 2 Per Y Axis
- Moving Bed
- MGN9 Rails (XYZ and Cross)
- 9mm Belts on XY, T12x2 Screws to Lift Z
- Maxwell Coupling on Bed Frame
- NEMA17 Motors XYZ
- LDO Stepper Motors (Optional but Recommended)
- Minimal Printed Parts (ABS/ASA Required)
- 32 bit controller standard (Single Fysetc Spider, or Fysetc S6 with expander) - Klipper Highly Recommended
- 24V Power Standard
- AC Heated Bed, MIC6 Plate with Magnetic Build Surface
- Enclosed Printers are passively heated and only designed around a 65C max chamber temperature, K3 is not intended to be a High Temperature printer. It was designed to excell at common engineering materials such as PLA, PETG, ABS and some PC/Nylon Blends