I'd be interested in buying printed parts for the mendel, been looking everywhere to source them. Would be the full set of printed parts. Only possible problem would be that I live in the UK, so the postage for me would be higher. Please drop me an e-mail at amiller112@hotmail.co.uk witby amiller112 - For Sale
True, but its one extra step once, to avoid having to perform a size test once with each model printed. Cant seem to find anything like that on the internet yet, though I may be using the wrong keywords. I think I'll try and make a model when I get my kit near the end of next month.by amiller112 - 3D Design tools
Just an idea, but if someone made a ruler model in .stl format then verified that it printed the correct size. Would this model then be able to be loaded into any 3D editor and used as an accurate scale to build new models by? I may try this myself, but will be waiting at least a month till I can get a reprap kit. Anyone else done this or know of such a measuring model?by amiller112 - 3D Design tools
I tried what you said above, but didnt work for me. However going to the /usr/lib64/librxtxSerial-2.1-7.so and copying that file to the reprap directory did solve the problem. Was telling me beforehand that the librxtxSerial file was not in the java path. Hope this helps anyone else in my position.by amiller112 - RepRap Host
Hi, just a quick question, does TrueSpace have a tool for measuring models in mm or cm? Or is there another way of working out the size a model will be when printed? Thanks in advanced, just getting to grips with it.by amiller112 - 3D Design tools
One more thing, BitsFromBytes offer a full kit which is in stock, as do makerbot but theirs is out of stock till 19th of october. I might just wait till near the end of october and buy one, need to see if I can design what I want yet, though now finding TrueSpace quite suitable for editing models.by amiller112 - General
Thanks very much for the replies, very helpful indeed. Pretty much answered all my questions very quickly I am still undecided now as to whether buy the Cupcake or the BitsFromBytes one, but got truespace working properly now (kept crashing when saving, turns out my GFX card is on the way out), going to have a look at finding the measure tool you suggested and with any luck be printing my own sby amiller112 - General
Hi, I have just heard of the RepRap and I'm interested in buying one of the kits, either the one from Bitsfrombytes or the Cupcake one. I have a few, probably very simple questions that might help me, Thanks in advance: Are both machines compatible with the same codes? I'm tending towards the more expensive one from BitsFromBytes, looks more professional and has a larger working area, what is tby amiller112 - General