Hi, all -
I recently stumbled onto the Lowrider and have gotten quite interested. It’s a very clever design and I’m considering building one. However, I have a few questions.
(1) I’ve read that the Lowrider was inspired by the Crawlbot, a machine I think is really cool. And I see some of the Crawlbot’s influence on the Lowrider’s design. However, one thing I can’t tell is whether the X-axis is adjustable on the Lowrider the way it is on the Crawlbot. Is it? Or does one permanently set the X dimensions?
(2) Related to the above question, must you use a table, or like the Crawlbot, can you simply use the material your cutting as your Y-tracking material?
(3) I don’t own a 3D printer, but have long tinkered with getting an inexpensive one. How large a printing volume is required to print the Lowrider components?
(4) I’ve seen a couple of posts about mounting the Lowrider more vertically rather than horizontally. I believe a few folks were even pressing ahead with those designs. Any news to report? Success? Problems? I’d be interested in doing the same thing.
Thanks to all! Great tool! Great forum!
Eric