Hi jjimmijj,
How's your MMaxislider project coming along?
I have an Uncle who is willing to use his aluminium extrusion machine to produce Makerslide, but now I'm seeing if I can drum up demand, since a larger order would reduce his retooling costs and time costs (he makes standard extrusions for other people too).
Where are you located? I'm in Singapore, maybe we could work together =)
jjimmijj Wrote:
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> For those of you interested in larger printers i
> am working on a new prototype printer called the
> "MMaxislider", i have uploaded all .stl files and
> a .stp file to Thingiverse for those of you
> interested -
> [
www.thingiverse.com]
> The MMaxislider is a descendant of the Mendelmax.
> I am currently pricing components, initially i was
> going to order from Misumi but due to their policy
> (South East ASia Group) of only selling to
> corporations i am trying to source parts locally
> i.e in Australia, just waiting on some quotes for
> the extrusion to come through and then i will
> start the build.
> I am still waiting to hear back from Bart Dring
> from the Makerslide store
> [
store.makerslide.com] who has agreed to
> supply Makerslide free of charge for the project
> under his "Makership Program"
> [
www.makerslide.com] He seems flat out with
> his Ordbots, you could say that the MMaxislider is
> a cross between a Mendelmax and a Ordbot!
> The estimated cost of the printer excluding
> electronics, plastic parts, extruder, including
> everything in the model is about $600 - still
> final pricing components.
> So let me know what you think, still looking for
> someone to print the parts, my best offer so far
> is to swap the vitamins for a printed set (less
> the motors, but this seems a bit too pricey for me
> $500. I think the printed parts come to about
> 1300cm3( i think the mendel is between 1100-1200
> cm3.
> Any suggestions for improvements would be most
> welcome.
> jjimmijj
