Anyone have a Voron build with the extruder ass'y on the back side of the X-gantry?

[tetra]

Hi everyone, first real post. I'm exploring Voron Trident as the initial platform for a new extruder system I'm developing, and ideally the extruder is on the back side of the X-gantry for my purposes. Is this a fairly simple mod to the design, or will all hell break loose If anyone can point to any implementations of this, please feel free to link them if you can.

Thanks everyone!

-tetra

 

[claudermilk]

Well, I think you'd lose a whole lot of Y axis. The gantry extrusion basically hits the AB motor mounts on the back of the frame. Putting an extruder back there would take up space that is already being used.

 

[tetra]

Hi Claudermilk, thanks for responding.
If the gantry assembly was to be installed rotated 180 degrees inside the cage frame, such that the extruder assembly was naturally in the back, would this still create the issue you speak of? Or would this cause a bunch of other issues? I'm trying to decide if the Voron Trident platform is a good starting point or not for what I am trying to do. Is there a solid assembly model of a complete trident readily available here?

Thanks!

 

[tetra]

I found the trident assy as a step file on github, so I'll examine that before I ask any more questions about feasibility of reversing the gantry assy.
If anyone else has done this, please chime in though.

Thanks everyone

 

[tetra]

really gorgeous model - came into solidworks 2024 very cleanly. definitely hat's off to the folks that produced this model. A+.

 

[claudermilk]

Once you get a good look at the model, you'll see what I mean. I'm sure it could be done, but I'm not sure the compromises I think it will require are worth it. I'm also not sure of the intended benefit.

 

[tetra]

I'm coming to this conclusion as well. It is not designed to be that way, and making it that way is not really feasible. It would be less effort to begin with that design in mind from the git-go, and I believe this is the tack I will end up taking. I think the Voron project is a fantastic project, and I wish I could take full advantage of all the amazing engineering that has gone into it, but I think I will end up having to design and build the core printer as well. I appreciate all the help in coming to that decision - and reluctantly I might add.
Thanks All.