{"id":688,"date":"2010-12-27T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/688-large-scale-diy-3d-printer.html"},"modified":"2022-09-28T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:08:34","slug":"large-scale-diy-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/large-scale-diy-3d-printer","title":{"rendered":"Large Scale DIY 3D Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- s9ymdb:2626 --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassrootsengineering.com\/blog\/mymachine\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/3dprinter_222.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 630px; height: 466px;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a maximum build area of 403.00 x 403.00 x 322.70 mm [15.86 x 15.86 x 12.70 inches] this may be one of the bigger DIY 3D Printers (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/669-Gooo,-thats-nice.html\" rel=\"noopener\">but not as big as this one<\/a>) currently out in the domestic wild. The above image is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassrootsengineering.com\/blog\/mymachine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Machine<\/a> by Jim at<!-- s9ymdb:2716 --> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassrootsengineering.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grass Roots Engineering<\/a> cradling a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabathome.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fab@Home<\/a> Model 2.0.<\/p>\n<p><i>So\u2026It all began in late 2008\/early 2009 when I really wanted to build a 3D printer. There were not as many choices in DIY 3D printer designs then as there are nowadays. I could not find a machine design that I really liked that was capable of printing with ABS plastic. 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