many things depends on the motion mechanics. If you want just enjoy to make the experiment, you should consider that some parts are not included at all. There is no z-axis in laser printers and the y-axis should be obtained by the paper feed with - in my opinion - a very considerable effort. Consider that some parts should anyway be bought and probably you can't reach a serious level of precision. SO the real question is: do you want a 3D printer as a tool to make projects or the project is the 3D printer from the laser ? In this second case you can try and here you find a lot of helpful suggestions and support while in the first case you sure save money with a DIY cheap device.
Anyway except the word printer laser and 3D have very few in common so the adventure is not easy.
thank you for your answer any yes i want a 3D printer as a tool and the laser printer was in the house so i wanted to know if i can do it so please if you have any tips and tricks that you can tell or a video you can show that will be a huge help
For a tool better you orient to a cheap 3D printer (this is not the cheaper in a range of realiable ones). Also rachaelp if making good experimentations with a consistent budget 3D printer and great results too.
If you are more specific I think we can address you better. What is your average budget? What kind of projects are you planning to use 3D printed cmponents?
Interesting question. I assume you are thinking about a stereolithographic printer that cures photosensitive polymer one layer at a time. I don't know if the laser is powerful enough to cure resin, but that may just dictate how fast you can go. A laser printer mechanism only exposes one line of dots at a time and depends on the paper moving to expose the next line. Either the print head or the resin bath would need to move horizontally in one direction. And the part in the resin bath must move down one layer at a time (or everything else must move up). These motions are hard to implement without disturbing the resin surface which must remain flat. I can imagine a giant turn-table where the part pedestal sweeps past the print head once per revolution and the pedestal goes down a few microns for each revolution of the turn-table, so the entire 3D printer machine is geared off a single drive motor, and the print head is a stationary laser printer head. Or the print head moves while the pedestal goes down - either way just a single drive motor.
you considered the other aspect than the 3-axes 3D filament printers. Me not. But as far as I know the polymer needs a UV laser and - instead of the more easy laser engraving or laser cutting - resin polymers needs a specific wave length. Despite the power of the laser printer.
i don’t have a fixed budget but i want to make it as cheap as possible and i am planning to use it for making custom parts for what ever future projects i need it for and i am trying to make it myself to learn more and use my hands as much as possible
Youssef, if you read the previous posts of dougw and me I suppose that the first important thing you should clarify is what kind of 3D printing technology you want to use in your project. In fact, despite the implicit complexity of the project (I continue to strongly recommend a building keeping apart the old laser) the usable parts and starting point are very different if you plan for a 3D filament printing technology instead of a resin polymer based.
