Tony May, a software engineer from Chesterland Ohio, has often been frustrated with demanding 3D prints that fail due to poor quality hot ends/extruders, the better quality ones were just out of his price range so he did what any good RepRapper would do; made his own.
He’s so sure of the quality of his hot end, the Therminator 5, that he’s up on… guess… yes, Kickstarter. Asking for $2,000 dollars to manufacture 50 Therminator 5s May claims the major improvements are: The primary improvements of the design are:
- A larger heat zone for temp stabilization.
- Machined brass for better heat transfer and durability.
- Double heat power resisters for fast heat -up and heat zone stability for fast print jobs.
- A thicker insulator (PEEK) for heat isolation and durability.
- Only has five total parts making it very easy to maintain
- The nozzle comes off without taking the extruder or hot end apart.
- We are able to machine the PEEK insulator on our in house lathe.
- Uses nozzles that are always available and cost less than other nozzles you have to buy (if in stock) The mount is common for most RepRap Mendel and Prusa extruders.
Watch the Therminator 5 pitch video here….
