Part 1: Current situation and design objectives The printer is currently a mess of wires and electronics, the picture illustrates the chaos. To regulate the airflow for cooling the circuit pieces of paper and plastic are used as guiders. Also there is no dust protection. This is also true for the Raspberry Pi, no casing […]

Part 1: LED upgrade We added a LED strip to enlight the printing surface. Especially with longer prints (which is exactly what our printer does best) the printing time can take multiple days, thus resulting in overnight printing. Since the printer itself has no lighting, its progress is hard to follow at night. Furthermore the […]

Intro Cover works 2.0 is the follow up of the Coverworks project. Here we designed several covers for different compartments of the XXL Ultimaker. Each of these design add to the objective to create a more simple and approachable exterior while maintaining user comfort. We strive for creating our designs at a low cost. By […]

Intro This part explains the various hardware upgrades we have implemented in the XXL Ultimaker. The project is build up from many smaller ones, for example the stepper motor upgrade and LED installment. Part 1: Getting organized As stated before the hardware is one chaotic mess and poorly organized. The excess cables are clipped to […]