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A project log for Polyformer - Ideal Filament Recycler

The ideal machine for recycling plastic bottles into 3D printer filament. Team Members: Reiten Cheng (Project Founder), Swaleh Owais

yang-reiten-chengYang (Reiten) Cheng 10/23/2022 at 04:430 Comments

Swaleh has informed that I was supposed to be keeping a record of Polyformer updates here :) This has not been the case.

I have copied and pasted below the recorded updates from the changelog in the Polyformer discord server. 

Please reference this log to see the constant community updates to the project.

  1. Contractor Beaver PF.00007/28/2022

    -add an arrow to the lite cutter to indicate direction where the ribbon goes Image

     3

  2. July 29, 2022
  3. Contractor Beaver PF.00007/29/2022

    -cut away some of the unnecessary material on the upper_right_arm to reduce material usage and clear more space for cables. (edited) Image
  4. [6:31 PM] Image
  5. Contractor Beaver PF.00007/29/2022

    -Adding seam compensation for the upper_right_arm and gearbox, no cleaning of budged seam should be needed now (edited) Image
  6. [10:27 PM] Image  1
  7. July 30, 2022
  8. Contractor Beaver PF.00007/30/2022

    -Meltzone now accepts 30mm screws for fan mounting Image
  9. July 31, 2022
  10. Contractor Beaver PF.00007/31/2022

    -Meltzone geometry bug fixed
  11. August 1, 2022
  12. Contractor Beaver PF.00008/01/2022

    -the fan is now compliant, making the fit significantly better across different printers Image
  13. August 2, 2022
  14. Contractor Beaver PF.00008/02/2022

    Reinforce and Readjust the internal reinforcement pattern in the motor_mount to make it stronger and detect better by Cura (edited) Image
  15. August 4, 2022
  16. Contractor Beaver PF.00008/04/2022

    -The sliding gauge now has rails that constrains the movement further, reducing play Image
  17. [1:45 AM]-Tightening the tolerance on the screw clearance hole as well as shortening the gap between the screw and the the bottle holder, further reducing play. (edited) Image
  18. August 29, 2022
  19. Contractor Beaver PF.00008/29/2022

    -readjusting the geared_key tolerance, optimizing printability -using slicing wizardry to hide all the gear teeth, increase stiffness and make the key look super clean, -increase thickness from 9mm to 14mm, increase area to hold and stiffens the structure. (edited) Image
  20. [10:33 PM] Image
  21. August 30, 2022
  22. Contractor Beaver PF.00008/30/2022

    -merging spool body with the right spool shield, saving one additional assembly process and make the spool stronger Image
  23. [6:27 PM]decreasing spool material usage by hollowing out the center and adding ribs. Image

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  24. September 12, 2022
  25. Contractor Beaver PF.00009/12/2022

    Polycutter update -loosening tolerance on the rail for the sliding gauge -adding fillets on sharp corners to prevent corner budging from binding the motion system Image

     2

  26. September 21, 2022
  27. Contractor Beaver PF.00009/21/2022

    Body Update: - Merging the frame bracket with the left lower arm - lesser screws and no more support for the frame bracket (edited) Image

     1

  28. [5:12 PM]- Adding cable management slot Image
  29. September 22, 2022
  30. Contractor Beaver PF.00009/22/2022

    Panel update: - Adding tabs inside rail caps to help stop the shaft from interfering with the stainless tubes during installation. (edited) Image
  31. [7:32 PM]Carriage update: - Adding a small notch to help prevent the ribbon cartridge from slipping off of the mount. Image
  32. Contractor Beaver PF.00009/22/2022

    Panel Update: - Getting rid of the need for support, changing the unsupported perimeter on the gears to overhang perimeters. Image

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  33. [9:01 PM]Polyformer is officially support free  3 ❤️ 2
  34. Contractor Beaver PF.00009/22/2022

    Carriage Update: - Electronics bracket now gets rid of the super sharp overhangs on the edge.
  35. [9:11 PM] Image
  36. September 25, 2022
  37. Contractor Beaver PF.00009/25/2022

    Body Update: - Strengthen the right lower arm and the arm connector on the stress-concentrated area. Image

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  38. October 2, 2022
  39. Contractor Beaver PF.00010/02/2022

    Carriage Update: - Ribbon_Cartridge_Turning_Key loosen tolerance on the sun gear, helps releasing. (edited) Image
  40. October 11, 2022
  41. Contractor Beaver PF.00010/11/2022

    PolyCutter Update: - Body and cutter are strengthened to reduce deflection. - Should help with situations where the material is rather soft or print setting is wrong. Image

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  42. October 12, 2022
  43. Contractor Beaver PF.00010/12/2022

    Carriage Update: - Add an option for DFH Inlet, using a C14 socket with fuse and switch included that comes with the DFH kit. (edited) Image
  44. [11:58 AM] Image this1000 2 voron_heart 3  2
  45. October 13, 2022
  46. Contractor Beaver PF.00010/13/2022

    Carriage Update: - Ribbon Cartridge reduces play for the ribbon - Ribbon Cartridge Cap thickens and enlarges thread size, loosen tolerance. Image
  47. October 15, 2022
  48. Contractor Beaver PF.00010/15/2022

    PolyCutter Lite update: - adjust bearing pads clearance, there was an issue where if the lower bearing is tighten down to hard it binds severely. - shrink the ribbon channel to better constrain the ribbon path (edited)
  49. [9:17 PM] Image
  50. [9:17 PM] Image

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