sourcing laser cut parts (i recommend buying the kit)

hi folks,

We've self sourced the parts for a second omerod, as we bought the first one from a kit. Firstly, for those considering this route we saved almost nothing, spent a whole lot of spare time shopping online, and the only real advantage is that we have LOTS of spare screws and such.

so... in attempting to learn from our mistakes we are wondering if we can buy just a kit of the laser cut pieces. The place we got a quote from locally will only cut aluminium so the quote for the lot was $345 aus. ony good thing about that is having everything in aluminum but way expensive.

anyone have any suggestions as to where either:
we can buy all the laser cut parts as a kit ?
(or)
we can have them made from the original materials online somewhere that will ship to Australia?

thanks all,
101

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Green Machine - slowly becoming multicoulored!

Hi i am also in AUS (wa) and have been thinking of upgrading to an aliminium X carige there are some on offer via Davek on this forum. Im not shore if its cheeper to ship in bulk but if your intrested let me know.

Too late, I got mine delivered yesterday!

Rob, Sydney

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robbycar
Too late, I got mine delivered yesterday!

Rob, Sydney

I wonder how many Ormerods are in Australia.

Did you get them from Ebay or eMakerShop ? How much was shiping and how long did it take to arive.

I bought my kit over the counter at RS.

Rob.

You can order just the laser cut parts from us (or indeed, any individual part). Alternatively, you can download the dxf files yourself, and perhaps contact your local hackerspace [hackerspaces.org] who may cut them for you.

Ian
RepRapPro

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JMC

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robbycar
Too late, I got mine delivered yesterday!

Rob, Sydney

I wonder how many Ormerods are in Australia.

Did you get them from Ebay or eMakerShop ? How much was shiping and how long did it take to arive.

Long distance usually arrives in around 5-7 days
Postage for an x-arm kit to Australia is about £8 If I recall correctly

Dave

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Another RS Ormerod Mk1 meets the world

Retired now but I used to make....
CNC Machined Mk1 aluminium bed support plates for the Ormerod
CNC machined X-plates and ribs for Mk1 & Mk2 Ormerods
CNC machined bed support arms for the Mk2 Ormerod.
Dual Hot-End heatsink blocks.

I'm also in Australia. I got mine online from RS. It arrived in less than a week.

Sounds good ill probebly order the Xbracket over Ebay when more become avalible. I managed to snap part of mine back in jan and have been nursing it since then.

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JMC
Sounds good ill probebly order the Xbracket over Ebay when more become avalible. I managed to snap part of mine back in jan and have been nursing it since then.

They won't be long

I broke a bit off mine too when building, acrylic is very delicate in some uses.

Dave

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Another RS Ormerod Mk1 meets the world

Retired now but I used to make....
CNC Machined Mk1 aluminium bed support plates for the Ormerod
CNC machined X-plates and ribs for Mk1 & Mk2 Ormerods
CNC machined bed support arms for the Mk2 Ormerod.
Dual Hot-End heatsink blocks.

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Davek0974

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JMC
Sounds good ill probebly order the Xbracket over Ebay when more become avalible. I managed to snap part of mine back in jan and have been nursing it since then.

They won't be long

I broke a bit off mine too when building, acrylic is very delicate in some uses.

Dave

FWIW good old superglue works very well on acrylic, gives a very strong bond.

regards
Andy

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Ormerod #318
www.zoomworks.org - Free and Open Source Stuff

Yes, not as nice as an aluminium bit though


Seriously though, it does glue pretty good.

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Another RS Ormerod Mk1 meets the world

Retired now but I used to make....
CNC Machined Mk1 aluminium bed support plates for the Ormerod
CNC machined X-plates and ribs for Mk1 & Mk2 Ormerods
CNC machined bed support arms for the Mk2 Ormerod.
Dual Hot-End heatsink blocks.

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droftarts
You can order just the laser cut parts from us (or indeed, any individual part). Alternatively, you can download the dxf files yourself, and perhaps contact your local hackerspace [hackerspaces.org] who may cut them for you.

Ian
RepRapPro

Hello Ian, what is the price for the laser cuts parts ?
I bought my Ormerod mounted at second hand, and all the laser cuts parts arrived broken...

best regards

nonoo_: email Sally on info at reprappro dot com for a quote. I'm not sure of the price, off hand.

Ian
RepRapPro tech support