Hey Dremd, Techzone parts where about $200 if I remember right.by htimstyler - General
Sounds good. Go ahead and prints some wades if you can.by htimstyler - General
Hey Spacexula, I'm still trying to decide which extruder to use. Definitely going with a stepper motor. I'm thinking about going with wades geared extruder. Any suggestions? If you put them on ebay are you going to have a buy now option? I hate bidding, don't really have time for that, let me know the price.by htimstyler - General
Bob, I see, Is you build posted anywhere? Seems familiar seeing a separate stepper driver mounted somewhere on a Mendel. Thanks for the advice.by htimstyler - General
Hi Dave and Bob, Thanks again for all the quick responses. I do have generation 3 electronics. They have dual h-bridges, so that must give the capability of running a a stepper motor. Bob, why do you mention a seperate stepper driver, is this something you would be adding to maker bot electronics? I have a driver board similar to that, leftover from sparkfun, called easy-driver, it has the sameby htimstyler - General
I have Makerbot Electronics, so I think that means I have to use an extruder which uses a DC motor. I'm not sure though, because Reprap home page shows a picture of a reprap running Makerbot electronics with a extruder with a stepper motor. Does anybody know anything about this?by htimstyler - General
Yeah Spacexula... thought I'd be confusing people. Do you think I can substitute with metal springs anyway? Also, can I buy and extruder from you? And if so, does it use a dc or stepper motor? My buddy got one from Techzone, but the post processing isn't done on it, and there is zero documentation on it. We would need to by clamps and glue it together, so it would probably be cheaper if we justby htimstyler - General
Yes I do mean the s-shaped things, they are springs, if you've read the assembly instructions. I'm qouting the bom: "bed-spring_4off.par" "z-axis-opto-spring_1off.aoi"by htimstyler - General
Are these not springs shown in this picture? That's just what I've seen them called in the assembly instructions, and they definitely resemble a spring.by htimstyler - General
Hey Spacexula, I'm going to pick up more hardware tomorrow and hopefully finish my mechanical this week. A few things that worry me about Techzone parts are that the springs seems very brittle, some of the wood is very soft, and a few of the gears are too lose for a press fit on the motor shafts. I am going to do my best to make them work. If I could order an extruder from you that would be aweby htimstyler - General
Hi Guys, Thanks for all the responses. I Realize it takes 36 hours to print parts, but what is the setup time? After it is setup it, is it not kind of a hands free operation? I was forced to settle for the woods from Techzone, and have been pretty disappointed due to major discrepancies in hardware, lack of documentation, missing parts from my kit, plus missed holes in the laser cutting and pby htimstyler - General
...IS IT SO DAMN HARD TO GET PLASTIC MENDEL REPRAP PARTS?!? AND WHY ARE THEY SO EXPENSIVE?by htimstyler - General