"Robotic" 3D printer names
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:17 pm
About 8-10 years ago I built my first 3D printer from scratch. It's design was based on various designs found in the online Rep-Rap project. At the time many 3D printer companies were naming themselves, or their products with the word 'robot' in the name, such as Makerbot or Printerbot. So I named by first printer 'Cobalt' after Astroboy's brother, though I later changed this to Kobaruto to use the Japanese form of the name.
My second printer was called 'Wilson', because it was built from a kit of parts for the RepRap Wilson design, which it followed. Later on after I had made many mods to the printer, I was thinking of calling it either 'Mars', or 'Uran', but this never officially happened.
After moving north and having to leave both of those printers behind I wanted to acquire another one, though I no longer had the shop tools to build a 3D printer from scratch. So I bought an Ender 3 Pro fro Creality. This is a Chinese made printer, but it's very well designed and has gotten good reviews from the 3D printer community. It's also open source, so it's easy to upgrade. I've already made a few upgrades to the filament feed system, and will probably do some other common mods. I've slapped the name 'Denkou' on it and when I rebuild the firmware to add new functions, it will identify itself as 'Denkou' on power up. Seems like a suitable name for a 3D printer.
My second printer was called 'Wilson', because it was built from a kit of parts for the RepRap Wilson design, which it followed. Later on after I had made many mods to the printer, I was thinking of calling it either 'Mars', or 'Uran', but this never officially happened.
After moving north and having to leave both of those printers behind I wanted to acquire another one, though I no longer had the shop tools to build a 3D printer from scratch. So I bought an Ender 3 Pro fro Creality. This is a Chinese made printer, but it's very well designed and has gotten good reviews from the 3D printer community. It's also open source, so it's easy to upgrade. I've already made a few upgrades to the filament feed system, and will probably do some other common mods. I've slapped the name 'Denkou' on it and when I rebuild the firmware to add new functions, it will identify itself as 'Denkou' on power up. Seems like a suitable name for a 3D printer.