Building a P1S and AMS out of Lego- and making it functional

Bambu Lab P1 Series General Discussions
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So, even though this isn’t necessarily about 3D printing, I thought a while about the P1S and AMS. And I thought, what if I printed some legos on it, with ABS. Well, obviously, it worked. But then me, being a crazy engineer, thought, what if I designed and built the P1S and AMS, full size and fully functional, out of Lego?

I’ve started designing the frame in Mecabricks, and I have the relative dimensions. I’m going to be using Mindstorms Ev3 motors and controller for the steppers, and I think about 90% of this build is going to be Lego. Obviously, I would need a functioning hotend, thermistor, and fans, which I’ll be running this off of DIY platforms, like the Arduino.

So, how does it sound? Am I nuts for thinking this?

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this is really cool are you going to just switch alot of the wiring out from the p1s?like the heatbed cables and whatnot

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I think I’m going to try to use the nozzle and hotend design, but if I can get a heatbed I would probably use it. I’m trying to use as many DIY or available parts as possible. But the hotend, nozzle, and some other specific components I might need.