ER32 Collet Chuck for Proxxon PD 400

[Wongster]

Hello Rick,

Mine is called a Portabee, a deviation from Printrbot, designed by Romscraj. It's a very small printer suitable for my already limited space before the arrival of the Wabeco F1200 mill. I bought the kit from shop.sgtooling.com. The kit contains the printed parts, hardware, and electronics to build the printer. I just put them together. The kit is inexpensive, at USD 480. I did a local pick up, so no shipping cost involved. I've some pics up on my site's blog at http://www.wongstersproduction.com.

The print quality is not the usual you would expect from products made in plastic. There is no smooth surface except the base, which is printed to a heated bed. Used appropriately, the layers become part of your design. But don't expect smooth and glossy surfaces. There are others out there which give really fine resolution using laser and powder as well and resin. Search YouTube for some example. These cost so much more.

For an idea of what can be printed, check out thingiverse.com.

I am still in the midst of aligning and calibrating the printer. More new vocabulary to learn. Can be daunt confusing. But if you just want some fun, you can just download something interesting at thingiverse and print away. That was what I did till now. OT is really addictive.

I'll be printing out the printable parts of the Portabee for a regular reader of my blog. He has been following my blog from over the previous service provider. I'll only commence printing when I get the printer properly calibrated. Otherwise, you'll read of his frustration during installation... Lolz...

One thing about my little Portabee, each part can take a seriously long time to print. Take the owl statutes shown on my blog, each took me 3.5 hours to print.

Let me know if you have any questions. I'll try to answer them as much as I can. Only 3 weeks' old in printing...

Regards,
Wong