Gathering the parts, building a reprap from junk

Hello reprappers..

I started this 3 days ago, the build will be mostly from salvaged parts but I still have to buy few things..

I have 3 old printers (epson) that gave me the motors (5 NEMA 17/unipolar /1.80 deg/5 wires by Shinano Kenshi), the smooth rods, Bearings and Belts, the power supply.. I also have a pc table which I'll take the sliders, wood.. etc from. My friend has a printer/scanner repair workshop and he can give me what ever I need.

Here what left: Some printed parts, Extruder parts, PCB/Electronics, controller, hotbed.. what else?

Now, it's a little ambiguous, I'll make a list of what I have/ What I need, BOM, and determine what model I'm going to build. Any helpful suggestion or remark would be appreciated

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/2014 04:53PM by Unes.

Hi Unes, welcome. You probably read this thread already, but just in case: JunkBot. A few other links you might find interesting: ReuseDaBox, and RepStraps.

I just added the rough BOM for the JunkBot. It will at least give you the basics for what's involved. [reprapsquad.wordpress.com]

---

--------------| For Everything |--------------------------
Check it out here:
[reprapsquad.wordpress.com].
---------| For Everything Prototype Related |------
Now featuring comp case mods:
[RepRapLab.wordpress.com]

--------------| Find us at Twitter|------------------------
@REPRAPSQUAD (RS Main)
[mobile.twitter.com]
@REPRAPSQUADHQ (ProtoLab)
[mobile.twitter.com]

Thank you guys

I read those topics and they gave me a lot on insights,
for the steppos, do they have to be of the same nature?
on the electronics side I have to buy them from china, honk kong or taiwan because of low shipping (and customs) what do you guys recommend?

like this extruder

The steppers only need to match rotational degrees. Ex: 1.8 degrees. But if you have two steppers for your z axis they should be exact matches. Otherwise you will be fighting them the whole way. I bought my ramps board through geeetech on eBay and it came from that area. The majority of parts came from China as I can get them way cheaper even with long delivery.

---

--------------| For Everything |--------------------------
Check it out here:
[reprapsquad.wordpress.com].
---------| For Everything Prototype Related |------
Now featuring comp case mods:
[RepRapLab.wordpress.com]

--------------| Find us at Twitter|------------------------
@REPRAPSQUAD (RS Main)
[mobile.twitter.com]
@REPRAPSQUADHQ (ProtoLab)
[mobile.twitter.com]

You can get the ATX power supply and a fan out of an old PC. You can also find end stops from a computer mouse.

Here is a similar thread that I started in a different forum: [groups.google.com]

mnutsch
www.3dtransform.com