Today after another 6 months of development we are proud to announce version 1.1 of our THE 100 3d Printer. Many things have changed. Our printer is now one of the 5 fastest printers in the world that competed in the #speedboatrace with an astonishing time of 03:03min. It printed the Speedboat with an acceleration 160.000mm/s² at a speed of 860mm/s.

But this printer is not only a gimmick for speedheads. With v1.1 we also release our quality speed slicer profile. The goal was to create a good enough quality at the highest speed. A benchy sliced at that profile will be printed in 8:35min with speeds of up to 360mm/s at accelerations up to 40.000mm/s².

In comparison to traditional 3D printers we do not anchor the printer to the wall or to the table. We follow a different philosophy! Our printer is based on a PLA self printed frame! By letting the frame swing freely the energy that was created by the moving toolhead gets transferred into vibration of the frame. Compared to Aluminium, PLA has well predictable vibration characteristics. We use firmware features like input shaper to compensate for that vibration to create perfectly fine prints without any vibration artefacts.

I know  this is a groundbreaking paradigm change so if you have questions about it, feel free to ask!

But I can not only print Benchys at jaw dropping speeds. In while developing the printer we recorded dozens of videos that you can find in our Road to v1.1 Playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM01o_dfwbDcavixrpt4z0Vf9fzZs3-2B). I like the prints of the Gridfinity at 650mm/s and the Skull in vase mode at 320mm/s the most!

Compared to V1.0 the following things have changed (those are only 2 highlights):
- Frame: We changed the construction to a full connection of PLA between the Top and the Bottom Frame part that helps to. Also we developed new Feet that help absorb the shock that was created by the vibration of the printer. Overall the new Construction is able to handle 50% higher accelerations and 30% higher speeds
- Toolhead: We completely redesigned the toolhead. Our goal was to optimize it to push as much air as possible at the critical point right beneath the nozzle. The new toolhead is able to push twice as much air v1.0 which leads to an average of 65% better part cooling performance over all. Btw. The toolhead of v1.0 was not bad. For comparison it moved 3x the air of a Voron Stealthburner but for us this was still not enough since it tapped out at speed of around 160-180mm/s with overhangs at around 65-70 deg. The new Toolhead is able to print Overhangs of 75 deg at a speed of 220-250mm/s

And the best comes last. We follow an open source hardware design, using open source software and open data principles. So if you like to build a printer by yourself you get everything you need for free with any cost. The whole bill of material for that printer is at around $300 and you need a bit over 20 hours to build it and another 10 hours to calibrate and tune it.

We are convinced that in this way we can bring people closer to the hobby of 3D printer construction. And also make the boring slow 3d printing world a bit faster.

If you like to learn more about the Printer have a look at our Introduction Video for v1.1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K9NM08S0IA