3D Printing Food with the X-Carve

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Hello! For some time now I have been wanting to convert one of my X-Carve frames into a 3D printer. The lack of Z-height makes the X-Carve a poor platform for polymer FDM printing. However, the expansive work area makes it great for cake decorating! I strapped a syringe pump to my X-Carve and with RAMPS 1.4 as my 3D Printer controller board I was off the races. This shows that X-Carve could be a normal FDM 3D printer if you wanted.

I have documented my build on a couple of different platforms. So that I do not have to rewrite everything I have provided some links below:

Here is my YouTube Video documenting the build.

Here is my Imgur Post for the project.

Here is my Website Link for wiring and firmware settings

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wow, that is neat. now I can not only melt plastic to make material. But I can bake and make a surface. Hmm what if I want to surface the material. I get to eat the chips. In this case chips are chocolate.

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