I converted an Ender 2 Pro to be a polar printer, so instead of moving in X and Y, it now has a radius and an angle coordinate. Polar printers have a lot of potential but also have some unique challenges. Specifically, printing around the origin is a problem for polar.
Guide
https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Polar-3D-Printer-Spinning-Bed/
Video referenced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3T9vxrTGtk&t=685s
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:07 Polar/Cylindrical Printers
1:39 Initial Build
5:26 The Problem of the Singularity
8:13 The Solution
10:01 The Final Version
12:46 Outro
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