R1 Release Candidate 1

What's new with Monolith R1?

• Updated styling
• More shared parts between 6 and 9mm
• Sheet metal options
• Can fit into a stock 2020 frame at the cost of some Y-overtravel with the added no-protrusion mode
• Much better tensioner travel
• No toothed idlers

Release 0

A fully-fledged, printed-only release after a year-long evolution of the Monolith gantry.

Features

• shorter belt paths
• increased rigidity
• fixed/flying gantry
• 6/9mm belts
• 2WD/AWD
• double-shear bearing support is standard
• recommended front X-rail layout
• still has top X-rail support for the VZ-Hevort toolhead

Known limitations

• limiting tensioner range even with the hybrid setup
• no metal versions
• uses harder-to-source and unreliable toothed idlers
• no option to use it with a standard 2020 frame and without spaced out panels