Hi vreihen
I toyed with the spider bot design but gave it up in favour of the one I finally went with. I got my 10mm spherical magnets very cheap from firstformagnets.com in the UK.
I am very happy with my current setup. I have made a couple of alternate effectors as I am experimenting with my own design hot ends. All my hotend wiring is via plug and socket and as six ball magnets are so cheap it wasn't an issue. I have squeezed about 1kg of pla through my current design with never a problem of the rods coming unstuck. Unlike my countersunk magnet a steel ball initial designs.
That said the spider bot design looks very cool..
As to noise levels it's really not that bad and after a couple of kgs of pla printed there is no sign of wear.
Andy
I toyed with the spider bot design but gave it up in favour of the one I finally went with. I got my 10mm spherical magnets very cheap from firstformagnets.com in the UK.
I am very happy with my current setup. I have made a couple of alternate effectors as I am experimenting with my own design hot ends. All my hotend wiring is via plug and socket and as six ball magnets are so cheap it wasn't an issue. I have squeezed about 1kg of pla through my current design with never a problem of the rods coming unstuck. Unlike my countersunk magnet a steel ball initial designs.
That said the spider bot design looks very cool..
As to noise levels it's really not that bad and after a couple of kgs of pla printed there is no sign of wear.
Andy
