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Re: Prusa I3 Aluminum Frame - 12 years ago
That is great johnoly99! Finally, someone selling the frame! I find the inclusion of the melamine heatsink to be a lovely Dada art statement in the style of the fur-covered teacup and saucer by Meret Oppenheim.by reprap_music - General Mendel Topics
Re: Prusa I3 Aluminum Frame - 12 years ago
I would check with josef prusa in IRC to confirm what version of the DFX to use, and confirm what branch/parts to use with it. On github, there is a jofinal branch (his) which has the frame dfx, but it is different than the wooden version in the master branch. The jofinal also only has some of the files, so it isn't clear to me if the aluminum version (which, I think requires slightly differentby reprap_music - General Mendel Topics
Re: Prusa I3 Aluminum Frame - 12 years ago
Yeah, I'd take one.by reprap_music - General Mendel Topics
Re: LulzBot TK0 - 12 years ago
> Did you look at what it would take to remove those and go to using the extrusions for the frame and linear motion combined? This is a very cool idea. Dealing with rods is a hassle! Not sure what about this change would need acrylic, but dropping part count is good, and rods can bend, scratch, are tough to buy straight ones, tough to ship without bending, tough to cut through, etc.by reprap_music - General
Prusa I3 Aluminum Frame - 12 years ago
Now that Prusa I3 has been open sourced, I'm wondering if anyone is ramping up production on the slick aluminum plate frame? If anyone is able to create them, I'd be interested in hearing from you.by reprap_music - General Mendel Topics
Raspberry Pi Gertboard - 12 years ago
I was wondering if the new Gert Board provides an opportunity to create a raspberry pi-based solution? I know little of the electronics aspects of reprap, so perhaps this is wildly offtopic. The current Gertboard reservations are $46.50, and the raspberry pi itself is $35, so I'm wondering if this might make affordable a solution where you can connect to the raspberry pi as a dedicated "machinby reprap_music - Next Wave Electronics Working Group