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Figure 1.7 A motor like this one is typically used in 3D printers.
This type of motor is called a stepper motor, and it has the unique capability to spin
(clockwise or counterclockwise) in very tiny increments. This means the shaft can
spin not in 1-degree increments, but in fractions of a degree! This is an important
concept, and you'll get some more explanations later in the topic. Right now, what
you need to take from this discussion on motors is that they do the heavy work by
moving items such as the hot end or the plastic filament feed.
Let's take a quick look at what we now know about 3D printers:
• 3D printers can print three dimensional objects.
• 3D printers use melted plastic to create objects.
 
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