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Hixper - A 3d Printer

I plan to build a 3d printer from scratch. I know its not that much easy but I love to Take challenges. I Planned to build a printer to make the printing smoother and good quality

Created by Abrar Al Razee Abrar Al Razee

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Tanuki Tanuki ⚡🚀 requested changes for Hixper - A 3d Printer ago

Hello! This is cool, however:

  1. There are multiple floating extrusions
  2. Your journals seem to be AI
  3. They arent even in multiple entries
  4. The Onshape and SolidWorks link dont link anywhere
  5. The journal should show more screenshots of u actually designing the project
  6. I see contradictory progress reports
  7. I see strong similarities between your design and the open-source AM8, with no acknowledgement. This is the biggest issue and may even be considered fraud.

Abrar Al Razee Abrar Al Razee submitted Hixper - A 3d Printer for ship review ago

Abrar Al Razee Abrar Al Razee added to the journal ago

Hixper

Made by: @Abrar-Al-Razee
Repository link: Click Here

Hixper is a compact, budget-friendly 3D printer designed to stay budgetfriendly while maintaining high functionality. It features a filament detection system to automatically pause printing when the filament runs out, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted prints. Built for efficiency and affordability, it’s ideal for makers looking for a reliable and cost-effective 3D printing solution.

Plan to achieve

I ofter notices after 3D prints finish, thin plastic threads (stringing) often appear between gaps or travel paths. This ruins surface quality and usually requires manual post-processing. So I plan to build a system to auto smooth the printing, by automatically blows precisely controlled hot air at specific positions, we can do this thing to get smooth print.

  • ### How it will be
    • Glass Enclosure:
      • As shown by your blue outline, the printer is enclosed in a glass case to:
        • Maintain internal temperature.
        • Prevent air disturbance.
        • Contain hot air application safely.
        • Airflow System:
        • A series of airflow nozzles (shown in purple dots on the sides in your image) installed vertically on both sides of the printer frame.
        • These nozzles are controlled to release hot air in short bursts on specific layers or coordinates post-print.

BOM (Bill Of Materials) & CAD Model

Day - 1, ( 11/11/25 ) - Planning and breakdown idea

I plan to build a 3d printer from scratch. I know its not that much easy but I love to Take challenges. I Planned to build a printer to make the printing smoother and good quality

Day - 2, ( 13/11/25 ) - Planning and breakdown idea

Time Spent: 5+ hours

  • Watched multiple YouTube videos on how 3D printers work and their components.
  • Read various articles to understand FDM printing, mechanics, and common issues.
  • Identified filament detection as a key problem to solve.
  • Goal: Keep cost under $400 while ensuring quality.
  • Planned a filament sensor to pause printing when filament runs out.
  • Next: Research detection methods, sketch design, estimate costs.

Day - 2, ( 14/11/25 ) - Findings and gather printer idea from exist one

Time Spent: 3+ hours

Firstly I researched popular 3D printers to understand their features, components, and designs. I noted key aspects like print volume, filament types, quality, and ease of use. I organized my findings and explored technologies to make the idea happen. So lessgo on building....

Day - 3, ( 17/11/25 ) - Assembly frame structure

Time Spent: 4+ hours

Description

  • Started to design the main skeleton of the printer. enter image description here

Day - 4, ( 20/11/25 ) - z axis assembly

Time Spent: 5+ hours

Description

  • Designing printer Z-axis enter image description here

Parts Breakdown ( z-axis left & z-axis right)

Day - 5, ( 24/11/25 ) - Z-axis limit switch & Y-axis assembly

Time Spent: 5+ hours

Description

  • Firstly i started to design the printer Z-axis and then
  • Design the limit switch here
  • After that started to design the Y-axis

  • Z-axis

    • enter image description here
  • Y-axis

    • enter image description here

Day - 6, ( 25/11/25 ) - X-axis assembly

Time Spent: 3+ hours

Description

  • Designing printer X-axis

enter image description here

Day - 7, ( 26/11/25 ) - Feed & Cooling Assembly

Time Spent: 4+ hours

Description

  • Here i design the feed and then started to work in the main fun fact so it not miss the filament anymore
  • Added an IR sensor at the filament entry point to detect if the filament is missing.
  • If filament is missing during printing, the sensor triggers:
    • Automatic pausing of the print
    • An alert sound.
    • A popup notification to your phone.

enter image description here

Day - 8, ( 27/11/25 ) - Control Panel, Power and Display

Time Spent: 3+ hours

Description

  • For this i review many power supply for printer
  • And which power supply will better for my printer.
  • And all basis thought it may good to go

Day - 9, ( 28/11/25 ) - Adding Auto Smoothing

Time Spent: 11+ hours

  • Today i hope to finish it full less goooo.
  • Firstly i covered the printer with glass so the air works
  • Making a door for the glass
  • Installing the frame and nozzle for the air flow
  • And fixing some layout and things

![Hixper full printer]d9443607-f6a6-46f3-8584-bd05eae0a13f

Day - 10, ( 29/11/25 ) - Preparing Final BOM

Time Spent: 3+ hours

This is quite pain to find right goods based on budget and availability.
I search on Alibaba and Aliexpress
And got the items also but it will take a bunch of time so decided to make a purchase from local market.

Day - 11, ( 30/11/25 ) - Readme and Reviewing

Time Spent: 2+ hours

  • I updated the readme Overall and correct some stuffs

Abrar Al Razee Abrar Al Razee started Hixper - A 3d Printer ago

11/30/2025 - Hixper

Made by: @Abrar-Al-Razee
Repository link: Click Here

Hixper is a compact, budget-friendly 3D printer designed to stay budgetfriendly while maintaining high functionality. It features a filament detection system to automatically pause printing when the filament runs out, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted prints. Built for efficiency and affordability, it’s ideal for makers looking for a reliable and cost-effective 3D printing solution.

Plan to achieve

I ofter notices after 3D prints finish, thin plastic threads (stringing) often appear between gaps or travel paths. This ruins surface quality and usually requires manual post-processing. So I plan to build a system to auto smooth the printing, by automatically blows precisely controlled hot air at specific positions, we can do this thing to get smooth print.

  • ### How it will be
    • Glass Enclosure:
      • As shown by your blue outline, the printer is enclosed in a glass case to:
        • Maintain internal temperature.
        • Prevent air disturbance.
        • Contain hot air application safely.
        • Airflow System:
        • A series of airflow nozzles (shown in purple dots on the sides in your image) installed vertically on both sides of the printer frame.
        • These nozzles are controlled to release hot air in short bursts on specific layers or coordinates post-print.

BOM (Bill Of Materials) & CAD Model

Day - 1, ( 11/11/25 ) - Planning and breakdown idea

I plan to build a 3d printer from scratch. I know its not that much easy but I love to Take challenges. I Planned to build a printer to make the printing smoother and good quality

Day - 2, ( 13/11/25 ) - Planning and breakdown idea

Time Spent: 5+ hours

  • Watched multiple YouTube videos on how 3D printers work and their components.
  • Read various articles to understand FDM printing, mechanics, and common issues.
  • Identified filament detection as a key problem to solve.
  • Goal: Keep cost under $400 while ensuring quality.
  • Planned a filament sensor to pause printing when filament runs out.
  • Next: Research detection methods, sketch design, estimate costs.

Day - 2, ( 14/11/25 ) - Findings and gather printer idea from exist one

Time Spent: 3+ hours

Firstly I researched popular 3D printers to understand their features, components, and designs. I noted key aspects like print volume, filament types, quality, and ease of use. I organized my findings and explored technologies to make the idea happen. So lessgo on building....

Day - 3, ( 17/11/25 ) - Assembly frame structure

Time Spent: 4+ hours

Description

  • Started to design the main skeleton of the printer. enter image description here

Day - 4, ( 20/11/25 ) - z axis assembly

Time Spent: 5+ hours

Description

  • Designing printer Z-axis enter image description here

Parts Breakdown ( z-axis left & z-axis right)

Day - 5, ( 24/11/25 ) - Z-axis limit switch & Y-axis assembly

Time Spent: 5+ hours

Description

  • Firstly i started to design the printer Z-axis and then
  • Design the limit switch here
  • After that started to design the Y-axis

  • Z-axis

    • enter image description here
  • Y-axis

    • enter image description here

Day - 6, ( 25/11/25 ) - X-axis assembly

Time Spent: 3+ hours

Description

  • Designing printer X-axis

enter image description here

Day - 7, ( 26/11/25 ) - Feed & Cooling Assembly

Time Spent: 4+ hours

Description

  • Here i design the feed and then started to work in the main fun fact so it not miss the filament anymore
  • Added an IR sensor at the filament entry point to detect if the filament is missing.
  • If filament is missing during printing, the sensor triggers:
    • Automatic pausing of the print
    • An alert sound.
    • A popup notification to your phone.

enter image description here

Day - 8, ( 27/11/25 ) - Control Panel, Power and Display

Time Spent: 3+ hours

Description

  • For this i review many power supply for printer
  • And which power supply will better for my printer.
  • And all basis thought it may good to go

Day - 9, ( 28/11/25 ) - Adding Auto Smoothing

Time Spent: 11+ hours

  • Today i hope to finish it full less goooo.
  • Firstly i covered the printer with glass so the air works
  • Making a door for the glass
  • Installing the frame and nozzle for the air flow
  • And fixing some layout and things

![Hixper full printer]d9443607-f6a6-46f3-8584-bd05eae0a13f

Day - 10, ( 29/11/25 ) - Preparing Final BOM

Time Spent: 3+ hours

This is quite pain to find right goods based on budget and availability.
I search on Alibaba and Aliexpress
And got the items also but it will take a bunch of time so decided to make a purchase from local market.

Day - 11, ( 30/11/25 ) - Readme and Reviewing

Time Spent: 2+ hours

  • I updated the readme Overall and correct some stuffs