REAL print area?

[LASERMAN]

Greetings!

I was playing with my MAX (V1) this weekend, and decided to "go for height". I made a 14" high cylinder 1 1/2" diameter. It printed it, but just barely- the limit switches were being "kissed" on the last layers. So if it gets 14" high with a 1 1/2" piece, then it surely won't get there with anything wider than this. The wider the piece, the more offset of the arms. So what's the REAL print area? 11" x 14 1/2" is misleading.

[geneb]

Print a single wall cylinder (use continuous Z or "vase" mode) 6" in diameter and 14" in diameter. You tell us.

g.

[mhackney]

This is a great question and the answer can be calculated. Keep in mind also that the "cylinder" is not truly a cylinder, the X-Y plane greatest extent is a actually tri-lobal. The 11" diameter circle is about the largest circle you can put inside this tri-lobal area. None of the current slicers are sophisticated enough to deal with the actual geometry of a delta so these sorts of simplifications are made. This also applies to the Z. It is not a simple flat top. As you've discovered, it is domed - but it is also not a circular dome, it is a tri-lobal dome like the X-Y cross section.

[LASERMAN]

Print a single wall cylinder (use continuous Z or "vase" mode) 6" in diameter and 14" in diameter. You tell us.

g.

I'm sure I could do the math in less time than it would take to do that print

Thanks for the explaination, mhackney - it seems obvious now from the mechanical constraints.

If I set the head out to maximum diameter, and just move it up in that position until it hits the stop, I should be able to get the max height of max diameter.

[mhackney]

Yes, that is a good way to get the max height at the periphery. Let us know what you get and also report your Z heigh overall.

[McSlappy]

Actually I was curious myself. Post what you find out please!

[Durandal]

If you want to build taller, buy taller extrusions, belts and bowden tube like I did. 36" build height means never worrying about being too tall to print.

[LASERMAN]

I'll figure out the width\height specs this weekend and post it here.....sometimes work gets in the way of my playing, but that's OK because I play with even cooler stuff at work!

Extending the extrusions sounds like a good idea!