Developed x, y, z - limit switches through Solidworks and Lightburn laser cutting software.

Using recycled pieces of acrylic from the Mechanical Engineering shop, we laser cut the specified shape and attached the resulting pieces to the printer. Further, we placed and screwed the limit switches into the piece.

The purpose of these switches is to limit the range of motion of the printer's belts to avoid dangerous scenarios for either the user or the printer. These will also help establish the boundaries for our firmware to determine the outer edges of our printing plate.

Designed through Solidworks and manufactured out of aluminum using Fusion360 and Tormach 770M.

These L-Brackets serve as C-Channel connectors for the printer bed. They are made of aluminum to support a big weight. They were screwed into place under the printer bed and are used to level it and move it both up and down in the z-direction. Slots were added to allow for some tolerance when determining the distance to existing screws. Two of them were manufactured for either side of the bed.  

Designed and manufactured a spool holder using Solidworks and Makerspace waterjet.

The spool holder design was made of aluminum to fit the 3D printer overall design. For the roll holder, we designed and 3D printed a cylindrical attachment to adopt a cost-effective solution.

This was my first project as part of the Columbia Space Initiative's, Space Manufacturing mission.