9/12/2026 - 4th Update!

hey hey hey

it’s 3:52 PM on saturday, and happy to say that we’re barely following schedule! after 9/9/2026’s update talking about shipping river, got back to work and wrapped it up and shipped it across 9/10/2026 and 9/11/2026! it’s submitted for review, so i theoretically dont need to do much about it now (maybe some firmware stuff but not much), so yeah, time to focus on this now! the goal for the end of today is to have a krayoncad and refine to concept, so that we actually have something in 3d to look at the linkages and stuff!

well, brb, one second, back at 4:06 PM, let’s go!

yeah so we basically have a 200mm x 200mm space to work with, with like 3mm of wiggle room, with 7 (ish) centimeters vertically (im measuring a polymaker spool box btw)

idk why onshapes a bit slow today

ok, if the motors are on the front, it lets a little place in the front which would be neat but that shifts all the weight to the front which isnt really good, but if the tools are in the back, thatll help with the load but its still goofy, but what if we just move the scissor lift to the back? well that just reverses the entire printer, its the same thing as moving our tool bay to the front, which would shift the space to the back but not be very nice with balance

idk, text blob of thinking

well, this is what i have so far!

it’s not exactly the best, theres a lot of goofy stuff (and stuff i havent considered, specifically where the z motors are gonna go), but i think its a good start?

ok, heres a list of all the issues i currently have with this

• z axis
  • what??? (like seriously what is going on here)
  • need to have an actual concept for the motion
  • currently is just a “linear rail” and a lead screw (represented by the belt) in that orientation
• tool area
  • the tool size is kinda unrealistic but still maybe possible?
  • its probably better to have a fan on the tool bay area that stays there than have one that moves
    • as in, fans on the tool for the cold end, then a fan per tool in the docking area, not one that moves across
• tool base
  • theres no space for the stepper motor (at all)
  • theres a very low chance all the gearing will fit but we’ll see
• dimensions are unrealistic
  • unless the rails are the actual supports (probably will need 1cm x 1cm extrusions, need to look into the structure and support stuff), the widths are not correct
• z scissor lift
  • the z scissor lift is kinda goofy in numbers (expected, since we cant really do that yet)

ok, it’s 5:42 PM, brb… (quick commit)

(bro yapped too much, the middle part of this updatelog is in the first screenshot)

yeah kinda tired right now, idk, ok, 11:25 PM now, gonna go watch a movie, see ya!

ok, 1:20 AM now, i think this is a good start, gonna sleep on it for tonight and hopefully refine the idea overnight? idk, letting the idea process for a bit usually helps out! that said, good night!