Project Gasherbrum (K3 for short) is a Small Format, Direct Drive, Fully Enclosed or Open Air FDM Printer.
This is an entirely scratch design, based on the efforts of the "Hypercube Overkill Project" for the XY Motion System, and inspired by all other prior repraps.
Our discord server can be found here:
BOM/Sourcing Guide can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O3eyVuQ6M4F03MJSDs4Z71_XyNjXL5HFTZr1jsaAtRc/edit?usp=sharing
- Fully Enclosed Design or Open Air
- 2020 Frame Members
- Build Volume of ~180^3 mm
- Direct Drive Extruder (Sherpa, Folded Ascender)
- Shortest Belt Paths Possible, 4 Motors, 2 Per X, 2 Per Y Axis
- Moving Bed
- MGN9 Rails (XYZ and Cross)
- 9mm Belts on XY, 9mm Belts (recommended) or T12x2 Screws to Lift Z
- Maxwell Coupling on Bed Frame
- NEMA17 Motors XYZ
- LDO Stepper Motors (Optional but Recommended)
- Minimal Printed Parts (ABS/ASA Required)
- 32 bit controller standard (Single Fysetc Spider, or Fysetc S6 with expander) - Klipper Highly Recommended
- 24V Power Standard, 48V Power Optional via the ANNEX Constellation Series of Boards
- AC Heated Bed, MIC6 Plate with Magnetic Build Surface
- Supports many hotends
- Enclosed Printers are passively heated and only designed around a 65C max chamber temperature, K3 is not intended to be a High Temperature printer. It was designed to excell at common engineering materials such as PLA, PETG, ABS and some PC/Nylon Blends