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Makerbot Thing-O-Matic Printing with Ooze Control from Nick Starno on Vimeo.
That's what a StepStruder® looks like when it backs up the filament and changes location. No strings or drips, making for finer, cleaner prints, and less post-print clean-up. The use of stepper motor driven extrusion is widely regarded as a necessary advancement in 3D printing for the flow control and minute movement that it can provide while printing. **Bonus: Experimental Upgrade to 1.75mm Filament** The StepStruder® MK6 Kits also have another upgrade included- optional plates to switch to 1.75mm plastic filament! The DIY 3D printing world has a new format for its plastic stock, and the StepStruder® kits bring you up to speed. We include laser-cut Delrin plates so you can choose between 3mm and the new 1.75mm filament stock available in our plastics selection. 1.75mm plastic requires less torque to push through the hot end, and less pressure builds up in the heater barrel. You get less ooze and stringing, and the results look fantastic. Fully compatible with the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic® 3D Printer and MakerBot® Generation 4 Electronics, an existing Thing-O-Matic® owner can easily remove their MK5, and swap in an MK6! Follow our detailed instructions for your build, wire it up, upgrade your software, and presto! You've got stepper driven extrusion and are now kicking out the jams. We at MakerBot® have been steadily working towards this release, and after much testing we are now extremely pleased to bring this advance to the public. It uses our tried-and-true MK5 steel hot end components that have a proven track record of reliability and long lifespan. Combining the MK5 hot end with the high torque NEMA 17 stepper creates a finely honed and robust extrusion machine that won't quit. The MakerBot Stepstruder® MK6 is a drop-in replacement for your Plastruder MK5, and includes all the components and electronics you need to add stepper driven extrusion to your MakerBot Thing-O-Matic® or MakerBot® Generation 4 Electronics. Here's a video of Skimbal's famous Cathedral. Check it out! You can use the Type K Thermocouple provided with your Generation 4 Electronics or Thing-O-Matic® 3D Printer with your MK6 StepStruder® or you can purchase it here: - Type K ThermocoupleIncludes: - Lasercut Acrylic StepStruder® MK6 body parts - (1) NEMA 17 Stepper Motor - High Torque - (1) MK6 Fan and mounting bracket - (1) Molex Y Splitter - (1) MakerBot® Stepper Motor Driver v3.3 Electronics - (1) Stepstruder® MK6 Lasercut Parts - (1) StepStruder® MK6 Metric Hardware Kit - (1) MK5 Drive Gear - (1) TO-5 Heat Sink - (1) MK5 Stainless steel Thermal Core - (2) 5 ohm Power Resistor - (1) MK5 Thermal Barrier Tube - (1) MK5 Nozzle - (1) Kapton Tape - (2) PTFE Coretubes- 3mm and 1.75mm You will need a Type K Thermocouple or you can use one supplied in the Gen 4 Electronics Kit.Assembly required. For full documentation, click here:http://wiki.makerbot.com/stepstruder-mk6DISCLAIMERS. OUR PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLY KITS MAY BE USED BY EXPERIENCED, SKILLED USERS, AT THEIR OWN RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY, RISK, LIABILITY AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM ASSEMBLY OR OPERATION OF OUR PRODUCTS.
