This is my own version of the Recreator3D Vertigo machine bt JRT3D. This remix is based on the few images and short clips you can find online.

My version is intended as a work in progress project. This means that I will continue to update it as the ideas pop into my head (and also based on your advice).

Like the original machine it is based on the pieces obtained from a Creality Ender 3/Ender 3 Pro. It is up to you whether to buy the needed parts or to disassemble one.

In addition to the machine itself, you will also find the bottle cutter and the adapter for the brass threaded nut (mine was different from the original version). This project includes other parts intended as options. You can decide whether or not to print them according to your needs. I've also added the “Bottle thickness and strip height ratio table” to the downloadable files.

The assembly instructions are partly the same as the JRT3D machine. I have listed the necessary screws in the notes of each STL file.

Some files may look different from the pictures because many pieces have been improved after the first build. I will print them soon.

Here is some useful information about my version and about the STLs that you will find below:

• Motherboard cover:
  I made the motherboard cover wide enough to leave the cables at their original length. This way you can reassemble your Ender 3 at any time. Tie the wires with a zip tie and leave them inside. I recommend to fix the motherboard upside down.
• Mini spooler: I created a wider version of the Mini Spooler that can hold strips up to 15mm wide.
• Tensioning rod: I suggest using a metal rod. I bought mine from Aliexpress (https://it.aliexpress.com/item/4000144333141.html - this store sells also all the screws you need), with a length of 150mm and a diameter of 10mm, which you will then have to cut to the required specifications.
• LCD enclosure: You will find two types of enclosures (both printable without supports), one with a storage drawer and one without. This photo shows how to install the screen. You then have to rebuild the metal cover and the knob again, securing everything with screws to the 4040 aluminum profile.

• Cooling fans: Cut the two-pin connector from the nozzle cooling fan and solder the wires to the heater block fan as depicted in the photo. This way the fans will be reversed. The fan that cools the filament will always be on and the one that cools the heat block can be turned on manually by setting the cooling fan at 100% from the printer menu. This will make cooling between bottles extremely fast.

• Motor connection: To connect the motor use the Y-axis cable which has an almost perfect length for the purpose.

• Cutting guide with dust cleaning sponge: on 25/02/2023 I added a variant of the cutter guide with a sponge that allows you to clean the cut strip from dust and residues. Cut a piece of a sponge so that it fits into its slot and then make a cut along the pass line. The guide is removable from its backplate.

I printed everything in ABS (also PETG works great) with 0.6 mm nozzle and 0.3 mm layer height, with 3 walls/bottom/top surfaces and 25% infill, except the “Heater Block Plate” that need to be printed with 50% infill or more to avoid deformations during the pulltrusion. As JRT3D said in his project ABS, ASA or similar materials are recommended for this particular part due to the high temperature reached by the metal plate. You should be able to print everything with 1 kg of material.

Once the build is complete, print one of the 3 gcodes to start the pulltrusion at the desired speed.

Here you can find some useful videos by JRT3D:

If you need to join your filaments give this a try: https://www.printables.com/it/model/358894-filament-welderjoiner-for-standard-4mm-ptfe-tube-1

Printer settings for this filament are 255-265°C nozzle / 70-80°C bed. Flow needs to be higher than normal. Do the usual calibration tests before starting to print.

Here the presentation in Italian (you can activate automatic subtitles) of this project:

Leave a comment if you have any question.

Happy printing!