Reawakening an old MendelMax 1.5

Gave/loaned my MendelMax 1.5 to a friend when I was moving a few years ago. He hasn't done anything with it for about 2 years and decided he needed it out of the way, so he brought it back. I'm learning Fusion 360, so it actually is good timing. I always just printed stuff from Thingiverse before - now I can design my own stuff to print.

So, it looks to be in decent shape. Little cleanup, tuneup, etc. But, any options come along in last couple years I should consider? What is the hotend of choice these days? I think it has a Wade's extruder - anything new on that front?

Thanks,
Wally

Things have come a long way in two years.

Nozzles have changed tungsten and ruby tipped nozzles.
Auto-bed leveling, Filament run-out sensors, Marlin 1.1.X, many version of slicers. dozens of new products.

Watch the forum you will be up to date in no time.

Quote
wallyblackburn
What is the hotend of choice these days? I think it has a Wade's extruder - anything new on that front?

check out e3d hotends and extruders ..! i use one hotend and it is a and i never looked back from the day i ve install it .

---

Delta Printer
Duet 0.8.5 firmware 1.19