The work covers the development and assembly of a 3D printer from the design of the housing to adjustment of the software to function properly within the specified parameters. It covers the selection of materials for components, structural solutions for the problems of transferring the power from the motor to the drive belt or threaded spindle. The goals are design and manufacture of fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer, automatic calibration of print bed, enclosure for the printer, option of printing several types of materials, implementation of the LCD screen with a memory card reader and monitoring the progress of printing via the web camera. It describes the connection of the entire electronics, software solutions and customization of software for the selected printer configuration. In results we further verified if the printer reaches its maximum possible speeds of the print and on what length of path it reaches maximum speed, and compared the temperature stability of the print head and the difference in temperature stability in the case of open and closed type of 3D printer.
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