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I am looking to build my own DIY 3D printer so I can print guitar bodies so I am looking for design plans with an large print bed or if I could find someone who could assist me in expanding the RepRapPro designs.
Olaf Diegel has done some amazing work with 3D printed guitar bodies using only the basic Cubify 3D printer, which is fairly limited in total build volume overall. You should be fine using almost any standard 3D printer, although you can find many examples of oversized systems built out from standard parts. Many of the 80/20 extruded aluminum frame designs (MendelMax, RostockMax, etc) can be extended using off the shelf alternatives without too much difficulty from unsupported spans of metal. The current top of the line for total build volume would be Objet's 1000-series PolyJet or VoxelJet's amazing systems that can tractor material along an internal tunnel as more is added at the front, so you could potentially create granular bound objects larger than the printer itself as long as there is a support for the outfeed. But, do not let build volume alone restrict you - you can piece many larger composites together from sliced sub-components, which helps to deal with issues such as build plate levelling and thermal contraction warping that plague larger prints.
Olaf Diegel has done some amazing work with 3D printed guitar bodies using only the basic Cubify 3D printer, which is fairly limited in total build volume overall. You should be fine using almost any standard 3D printer, although you can find many examples of oversized systems built out from standard parts. Many of the 80/20 extruded aluminum frame designs (MendelMax, RostockMax, etc) can be extended using off the shelf alternatives without too much difficulty from unsupported spans of metal. The current top of the line for total build volume would be Objet's 1000-series PolyJet or VoxelJet's amazing systems that can tractor material along an internal tunnel as more is added at the front, so you could potentially create granular bound objects larger than the printer itself as long as there is a support for the outfeed. But, do not let build volume alone restrict you - you can piece many larger composites together from sliced sub-components, which helps to deal with issues such as build plate levelling and thermal contraction warping that plague larger prints.
