[Review] Pancakebot 3D Printer

Hello! With you Top 3D Shop and to us came PancakeBot culinary 3D printer of the latest modification.



Funds for the start of production and development were collected on a kickstarter, and during the billing period more than $ 460,000 were raised with the requested 50,000. The creators position it as the first and best 3D printer to print pancakes of any shape and design. Check it out!





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Those. characteristics and description



Let's take a closer look at the printer: you can immediately see that it is a 2-axis CNC machine, with a formal 3 axis — you can manually position the extruder at one of 3 height levels, this can help if you want to not only make pancake, but also draw on it be any



This 3D printer has undergone a number of design changes compared with previous versions.



The print area is approximately 430x210 mm. Can put a whole pie!



The printer consists of 2 parts - cases with guides and plates with non-stick coating. The stove and the printer are powered separately, so you will need 2 sockets, since you will also need American sockets for adapters. The cooker has its own temperature regulator, so the printer can be used as a large frying pan, eggs can be cooked on it without problems.







An extruder is a regular bottle into which dough or other filling is poured, a tube is connected to it, which creates a vacuum in the bottle so that the dough does not leak, or air pressure to flow with the necessary force. The air pressure in the bottle is controlled on the front panel using a special relay.







Equipment



The printer is shipped disassembled in 3 parts: base, moving frame, and plate.











Software



Now let us consider that without which this device is nothing more than an expensive tile - software, it is called PancakePainter and downloaded from the official website PancakeBot







The functionality of the program, of course, does not reach Paint, however, this is the same program for drawing pancakes, why all these excesses?



In fact, you have 2 tools - a brush, either free, or paint straight lines and fill. Colors 4 - they determine in what order the picture will be printed, and consequently, which part of the picture will be stronger fried.

To draw, you can upload a picture on the working field. Well, after you draw a line, you can edit it point by point.



The functionality of the program ends here. For more convenience, drawing can be connected to a computer graphics tablet, then drawing becomes much more pleasant, although the absence of any eraser periodically annoying.







On the official website, you can find a page with already ready user artworks and, if you wish, you can upload your creation there. The number of available pictures is already around two hundred and growing.







Another important point - what to print, complete with a printer is a brochure with a description, which presents the test recipe for the printer. In general, PancakeBot can print to everyone that does not harden in the bottle for a short time.







Job







The principle of operation of the printer is extremely simple, you turn on the stove to the desired temperature, pour the dough into the bottle, put it on a moving frame, and turn on your program from an SD card or via a USB cable directly from a computer.



It remains only to adjust the power of the dough and you can leave, the printer does not print quickly, the plate does not heat up much, so it takes 5-10 minutes to print the average pancake.







Only it is far better not to leave, because after the pancake is finished and the printer has stood for 10 minutes without setting, it will turn off and the dough from the open extruder will start pouring directly onto the printer.



As practice has shown, it is better to make the dough more dense, since a very thin batter, even at the minimum serving, pours more flow and fills the drawing. It is also desirable to pass the dough through a sieve to get rid of lumps that can get stuck in the nozzle at the most inconvenient moment when you went to draw an even more insane pancake, for example.







Total



This device is a great toy, for example, to Shrovetide. If you are a creative person and love pancakes very much, this thing can definitely make you happy. In addition, you can use this printer just as a huge stove. So this is in all respects a home printer for personal use. We are waiting for more developed software so that there will be more opportunities for creativity.



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