Hello, I'm working on a laser-cut Mendel using acrylic. I have two questions. 1. For the X-Axis 180 End, 360 End and Bar clamps, I routed grooves too deeply. Now the Bar clamps don't really clamp. I was wondering if using a 1/8" piece under the 180 End and 360 End instead of a 1/4" piece would throw off the alignment for the belt. See attached image. The reason I am asking this rather than simby jacksam - General Mendel Topics
Hi Mike, No idea on the brittleness yet. I have cut the parts out but I haven't assembled many yet. In the process of making jigs. Also, I don't yet have the hardware to test with. However, regarding the metric sizes question, I would image that works better! If you can download and examine the Mendel STL files (or any other files), they have some nice round numbers in millimetres. So you mighby jacksam - General Mendel Topics
I have successfully laser-cut acrylic parts as per the Corel Draw files that Tech Zone Remix uploaded. Now I'm thinking of moving onto the fasteners for the next step. For anyone who has built a LaserCut Mendel, do you have any more details on the differences in hardware (fasteners) acquisition? I did a quick search within this sub-forum and didn't get any specifics. On the wiki, noteable diffby jacksam - General Mendel Topics
Thanks for the reply. I think for now, I'll just focus on getting a RepRap going rather than improving it. TechZone's drawings seem like a great place to start for a one-off. Bending polycarbonate would require jigs for precision and such. I might try an acrylic version and a polycarbonate version if I have enough material for both. Since we're both in Vancouver Jacob, I'll keep you up to dateby jacksam - General Mendel Topics
Hello, I have access to a laser cutter and some offcuts of acrylic and polycarbonate. I know that there was an acrlyic version of RepRap 1: Darwin. I was wondering if acrlyic or polycarbonate would be a viable alternative to plywood for a Mendel RepStrap using the same drawings provided by Tech Zone Remix. Best, Jackby jacksam - General Mendel Topics