Hey guys. Awesome community!

I've gotten consumed by this project over the last few weeks. The wife is not pleased

I'm proud to say that I'm nearing completion of an SAE Prusa as I live in the states.

I posted my first video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BWUBscE94c

Some of the changes I made along the way are as follows.

- used a soldering iron to fit oilite bushings inside of the PLA ones
- modified a .06 mig weld tip for hot end
- used std blank US license plates for print bed (kinda flimsy might need to double them up)
- reused pinion gears from ebay steppers as they were std 0.020 pitch

Once I'm fully operational I'd like to try ways to cheaply eliminate the extra Z motor. I'd think a couple extra 608 bearings and some more belt should do it?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2011 03:35AM by jkomp316.

welcome. This IS the best open source community I've been involved with, hardware or software.

the z motor thing is actually pretty even in cost, and more than makes up for it in simplicity, i only don't like the coupling + floating threaded rods, but both of those can be modded to be acceptable.

simply compare it to the original mendel design z axis. It's quite a few bearings, pulleys, hardware, more plastic parts, and the belt.