D3D Toolheads

Basics

• This page explores current, and future D3D Toolheads

Current

FDM 3D Printer Extruders

• D3D

Pen Holder

• Open Source Pen Holder Toolhead
• PCB Plotter
• Pen Plotter

Inkjet

• Would allow for high quality printing of images
• First build would most likely be a Frankensteinian Build, but perhaps later use an open source/custom inkjet

Lab Devices

• Pipettes for a Lab Bot
• Microscope

Pick And Place

• Main use would be automated PCB assembly
• Could perhaps be used with faster + high quality d3ds for industrial use such as sorting etc

Soldering Iron

• Used for automated soldering of pcbs

Laser Diode

• Open Source Laser Diode Toolhead
• Used for cutting thin/weak materials, engraving, and even pcb masks for etching via ablating off the mask selectively
• Offer various diodes
• May neccesitate a sheild to make all users in the area not have to wear laser glasses/goggles
• Also can be a FIRE HAZARD (wood etc burning, smoke release)

Drag Knife

• Used for cutting materials without the burns of the laser
• Can work with paper and cardstock
• Could allow for use by scrapbookers etc as an alternative to a Cricket device
• Also works with thin flexable sheets such as vyn
• May also make a nice dedcated device (extra wide, low z axis, perhaps with a belt and/or paper feed/hold mechanism

Drill / Simple Spindle

• Used as a precise drill press or for pcb drilling (can it do milling, will it not have enough torque to go through materials without stopping, how does it compare to a cheap cnc spindle etc

Router

• Rotary Tool/Dremel Holder
• Small CNC Spindle Holder

Heavy Duty D3D Toolheads

• These are for the cnc table
• This can brantch into it's own page if need be
• Oxy-Fuel Torch
• Plasma Cutter