LaserCut Mendel Assembly Blog

Photographs of Laser Cut Replacement for RepRap Mendel Printed Parts GPL3 parts Kymberly Aandrus of Tech Zone Communications

Photos by stevew may-13-10

A call to all users of these parts, please post, add, edit, update, whatever you can contribute. We will all be better with more information. Thanks

Arrived

Opened box

McMaster Carr belt in pulley

[Needs info] carriage parts and geared extruder parts

Bed springs

Y Axis Bearing 360 and Y Axis Bearing 180 [Need assembly info, please. The Post Processing pictures help.]

X Axis Vertical Drive Plate 360 endt

X Axis Vertical Drive Plate 180 end

Z Axis Belt Tensioner and Z Axis Motor Bracket

X Axis Carriage

Z Axis Leadscrew Base

parts laid out.

frame assembled +/- 0.5 mm, nuts tight.

1600 x 1200 Link:http://reprap.org/wiki/File:TZone_LCut_DSCN4029big.JPG

I'm impressed with the accuracy of these parts, compared to hand made. I stripped parts from two partial wooden Mendels to assemble this much. With everything adjusted and tightened, a single threaded rod I could still be removed to add a missed nut. On my (oak) RepStrap attempts this would have meant partial disassembly of the entire frame, because of my inaccurate drilling caused everything to bind.

Right now the best guide appears to be the Post Processing photos by the designers. Hopefully there will soon be photographs posted to help with the assemblies that are unique to this version of the RepRap Mendel. A photo set of a completed one would be wonderful.