A few people have tried it out for 3D printing using off the shelf mechanical parts, I wanted to make it with 3D printed parts and Spectra Line based on this mechanism. Tim Rastall was also designing a Super-big Tantillus called the Ingentis around the same time. I printed an early set of Ingentis parts, but after seeing the above mechanism I just had to design a printer based on it. I did borrow the style of Tim's Z-Axis arms, (Thanks Tim) everything else needed to be designed and had to be able to be scaled up or down.Edit - This bit's updated for correct back credit of bringing the mechanism to the attention of the RepRap and 3D printing community - David Moorhouse over on G+ showed a cable bot design 1st November 2013, see here - https://plus.google.com/104904818050178236499/posts/WpzzVuULM2zDavid's original video sparked great discussion over the mechanism, Tim Rastall made a great sketch of the 'unnamed mechanism' - still unnamed as far as I know.https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-753_E-QeVmo/UlYKlAfRqGI/AAAAAAAAIEg/Ki-oSosqbEU/w471-h514-no/Unna...Find out more about David's build over here - http://astro.smugmug.com/Hobbies/3D-Printer-Cablebot/ If you have any problems with these files, try over on GitHub - https://github.com/RichRap/Sli3DR Sli3DR_MAR2014_REV3_012_Final_machine_build. PLEASE READ License, project and contact info - This Design is part of the RichRap Sli3DR 3D Printer (A RepRap project) Thank you for downloading, please be aware and abide by the license all these files. The RichRap Sli3DR 3D Printer uses an Attribution - ShareAlike Creative Commons V3 (CC BY-SA 3.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ This License is not greatly restrictive at all, so please don't forget to attribute my work and acknowledge. If you decide to print and sell these or make further changes, improvements or additions, that's great! I want you to do that ! I hope this work has been of some use to you, if you wish to say hello or donate towards further developments please see my Blog here - www.richrap.blogspot.com Many thanks - Richard Horne (RichRap) Please feel free to contact me. My website - www.richrap.com Catch me on Twitter @RichRap3D Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/RichRap2011 Google+ https://plus.google.com/+RichardHorne_RichRap3D/about Please see www.reprap.org for information about the RepRap Project. Please visit the RepRap forum - http://forums.reprap.org/ These files were originally shared on - https://www.youmagine.com/ Please support this growing and open community.