Please add the Twin Cities, Minnesota to the list. Bob Teeter https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7279#msg-7279 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:32:51 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,146125#msg-146125 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,146125#msg-146125
I have seen some kits with the metal parts online, but they seemed to be rather pricey for what you get. How hard is it to find the other parts on your own?

I think my son might get interested in this, maybe he'll pause his video game for a few minutes.

Thanks.

Doug]]> NateTut Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:14:17 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,32647#msg-32647 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,32647#msg-32647
I thought I'd chime in here to see if anyone would want to split a lot of 100 - 624 roller bearings? I see them online for around $100 which would save about $15 off of buying them as singles. Or does anyone know who can beat the $1.31 price?

I'm up in Nowthen and have ordered many of the parts. I used American Fastener in Circle Pines for the hardware side and they saved me almost $70.

I just have to find one more stepper, some misc. extruder parts, the bearings, and then I am going to hand fabricate the RP parts from cnc'd acrylic.

Nice to see Rick on here...I had you for a teacher back in 2000.

Best Regards,

Justin]]> J-Dubs Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:39:05 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,31051#msg-31051 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,31051#msg-31051
I built it, and got it working a bit (uncalibrated, and quite sloppy), then had to take a break because I was buying and fixing up an old house. I tried to pick up where I left off, but after updating to the latest firmware and software, there is some sort of communications issue that I need to sort out. The main issue is I've lost mmy Reprap momentum and have since started other projects. So, in summary, I built it, but it is not working.

Where are you in the process?

~Andy]]> Andromodon Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:06:55 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,31045#msg-31045 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,31045#msg-31045
Did you ever get your RepRap up and running? I am just getting into this so am curious how well it works after building your own.

Regards,
Frank]]> Dadio Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:03:44 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,23250#msg-23250 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,23250#msg-23250
I am not able to (yet), but feel I could be really close. I have a full machine built, but it has not yet been calibrated or used yet. I've been renovating my house recently and that has taken priority for me. Maybe I'll dust it off and see how much progress I can make on it sometime soon?

BTW, what sort of price range are we talking? Would you be willing to spend the same amount for official reprap parts as the laser cut parts? I was laid off recently, so possibility of income might pop fixing up my RepRap up to the top of the priority list...

God bless!

Sincerely,
Andy D.]]> Andromodon Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:01:37 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,23220#msg-23220 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,23220#msg-23220
You may be able to find plastics at american science and surplus. It is an awesome surplus site. If you could make me the parts just name the price.]]> Ivraine Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:54:51 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,12759#msg-12759 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,12759#msg-12759 [reprap.org]
They always seem to be in stock but they are $29.95 VS. $25 from RRRF.

I am a little confused by this since the RepRap page references the Keling_KL23H51_24_08B but links the page for the
Keling_KL23H251_24_08B (Note th 251 vs 51)

probably worth asking about his in the electronics section of the forum if you plan to buy anything.

Scorch]]> Scorch Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:56:45 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,12707#msg-12707 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,12707#msg-12707
My class is now over. I asked if any of the students were willing to share their drawings with the community, and at least one said yes. I will be converting his SolidWorks drawings to PDF format in the next few weeks. I also made some sample drawings that I could submit to the project as well.

The next time I teach the course using this project, the students will be working in teams rather than individually. The grading got to be too much for me! Imagine looking over 21 different versions of the same part. Now look at the number of rapid prototype parts in the bill of materials. That's right! At least two reams of paper were consumed by the drafting department. :-)

Rick.]]> Rick Montzka Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:22:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,12706#msg-12706 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,12706#msg-12706
I need to get some stepper motors, and it looks like rrrf is currently sold out of them. Are the stepper motors specified by the RepRap folks special or is there a standard equivalent I can get from Digikey or Mouser? Since the stepper motors are moving parts, I'm planning on buying extra. I'm currently considering getting between 7 and 10. I have enough steel to build two Cartesian Robots, so I want at least seven (six for the two projects and a spare). Any other ideas for obtaining stepper motors?

Rick.]]> Rick Montzka Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:17:51 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,11466#msg-11466 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,11466#msg-11466 Andromodon Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:19:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8237#msg-8237 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8237#msg-8237 bobt Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:29:33 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8228#msg-8228 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8228#msg-8228
Thanks for your input. Since I have a large class this semester, I could get one group creating drawings on the RepRap and one creating drawings on the RepStrap. I still have one week to decide. If the class gets the bug, there may be more people posting messages on this Forum!

After the course is under way, I will then consider actually creating the device.

Thanks for the input; I'm sure you will be hearing from me in the near future.

Rick.]]> Rick Montzka Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:25:13 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8212#msg-8212 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8212#msg-8212
After making the mini mug I plan on starting the design of a 1/5 scale model of my master project that provides power for a house plus heat, cooling and water. I figure that making the model will allow me to correctly design the unit to be able to make it.

Lewis call any time you can.]]> bobt Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:07:04 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8148#msg-8148 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8148#msg-8148
I would love to get together.

Bob I'm sorry I haven't called you back, My brother was in town for new years and We were working on a DMX project for him.
I will try and call you on Monday...

How it you build going?


Lewis]]> LewisDickson Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:45:40 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8087#msg-8087 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8087#msg-8087 Rick send me an email to bobt@teeter.com with a phone number and when you can be contacted. Maybe we can arrange with Lewis to get together and discuss this.]]> bobt Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:26:00 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8083#msg-8083 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8083#msg-8083 Anonymous User Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:27:59 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8076#msg-8076 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,8076#msg-8076
I teach CAD at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park, MN. I'm considering using the Reprap project as a class project. At the end of the course, our contribution to the project would be a working set of drawings for all the components that "fall from heaven" in the form of STL files. These drawings would allow others to create the parts from other parts and materials than just rapid prototyping. (Our machine shop could create them from steel, for instance.)

One question that I would pose to the other members in Minnesota is where do you get your purchased parts? (Resistors, capacitors, ICs, wire, motors, wire, etc.) Do you think the advertised cost of $500 is realistic? I can create all the rapid prototyped parts at school, but I don't know how much all the other pieces are going to cost.

Another question that I have is in regard to the "evolving" designs of the Reprap project. There seems to be several versions of the Reprap. Darwin seems to be the stable, tried and true version. Is there some advantage in creating the other versions?

Thanks for your help...

Rick.]]> Rick Montzka Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:12:58 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7715#msg-7715 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7715#msg-7715 bobt Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:27:12 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7700#msg-7700 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7700#msg-7700
I think after the mug I will work on building something for my son... not sure what that is yet...

I will take some pictures of mt 3 axis machine so you can take a look.
I have had it for about 6 years now in my garage...
I knew I would find a good use for it... (The Pack Rat Mantra)

I read about others using the Arduino, and not to put you on the spot but why are you going in the direction?

I'm not much of a PIC fan and I really think its use here is a mistake. They are using 4~5 of them, why not use a more powerful micro with some room to grow...

The Arduino is based on an AVR micro of which I am A huge fan but it seem pin limited. I suppose you could use two.

I'm thinking of using the Parallax Propeller

[www.parallax.com]

It is a very powerful micro though it only has 32 IO Pins I think I can make it all fit...
The biggest problem is I would have to port the PIC / Arduino code. ( Not a small task)

Lewis]]> LewisDickson Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:18:22 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7695#msg-7695 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7695#msg-7695 bobt Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:06:26 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7694#msg-7694 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7694#msg-7694
I live in maplewood.

I have most of the parts but I haven't found the time to knit them together.
How far along are you?

I was lucky to find a 3 axis robot with really good hardware. I will need to work a little on the motor controllers and a lot on the micro-controller....

I may order an extruder kit ...

Lewis]]> Lewis Dickson Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:58:08 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7360#msg-7360 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7360#msg-7360 SebastienBailard Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:55:02 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7279#msg-7279 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?90,7279,7279#msg-7279
Bob Teeter]]> bobt Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:15:13 -0500