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Treadmill modded into giant 3D printer with an endless print bed size — taking 3D print sizing to the extreme (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

To be honest, using an actual threadmill has no actual benefits other than generating an interesting headline

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No i would think it's a significant disadvantage because they're (usually) using DC motors which have horribly inaccurate movement even with an encoder feedback.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure they replaced all the running gear. I think the only thing they kept was the frame.

this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025

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