MendelMax kits, Australia?

Hi all,

I've just made the decision to get a 3D printer. To keep the cost down, I definitely want to build my own printer, but I'm not sure about all the hassle of figuring out exactly what parts I need, so I thought that buying a complete kit was the most sensible option(minus the printed parts, which I can get an acquaintance to produce for me). The websites and forums have so much information (not necessarily well laid out) and there are so many variants that I have a feeling I'd end up buyingg the wrong parts, or just have to upgrade straight away, if I bought the bits and pieces individually...

Now the Prusa Mendel looks like a decent machine, and there are plenty of websites selling the kits (<$700), but I was hoping to go for one of the newer variants, e.g. MendelMax, since I want something that has as big a print area as practical, and is nice and rigid.

Does anyone have any recommendations for sites selling MendelMax kits?

Cheers.

I've recently done a lot of research and couldn't find anyone sourcing MendelMax parts in Australia.
If you find it, let us know, please.

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Hi Shaggers,

Maker's Tool Works offers shipping to Australia! We'll begin offering our full MendelMax 1.5+ kits by the end of next week, and our MendelMax 2.0 kits will be offered early 2013. We've already had a few customers from Australia actually. Anyway, Maxbots, the original designer of the MendelMax, is one of the founders of our company, so any orders you make will help support him as well as the overall MendelMax development project.

Cheers!
ryan_turner
MTW

Hi Ryan,
How do we take advantage of the free shipping.

Maker's Tool Works Wrote:
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> Hi Shaggers,
>
> Maker's Tool Works offers shipping to Australia!
> We'll begin offering our full MendelMax 1.5+ kits
> by the end of next week, and our MendelMax 2.0
> kits will be offered early 2013. We've already had
> a few customers from Australia actually. Anyway,
> Maxbots, the original designer of the MendelMax,
> is one of the founders of our company, so any
> orders you make will help support him as well as
> the overall MendelMax development project.
>
> Cheers!
> ryan_turner
> MTW