Thanks Sebastien and also thanks for all the other feedback. Cheers Bruceby RepRot - General Mendel Topics
Some photos of my Kiwi-M5 Mendel Battle Tank 3D printer. This Reprap based machine has been built with: - Bullet resistant material. - Driven with five powerful 24 volt stepper motors. - Arduino Mega processor controller. - Power plant consisting of dual power supplies, 563 watt (main supply) and 150 watt (heated bed). - Massive all-up weight of 25 Kg. - Long wheel base (Tby RepRot - General Mendel Topics
Jason, To make a reprap you need parts, you also don’t what to spend a fortune getting them. Time to make, obtain parts and assembly time can be another issue. A lot depends on what you want to get out of building a reprap. There are a number of options starting with buying a complete reprap kit of parts from a number of overseas suppliers. The cost of freight due to the weight of a reprap wiby RepRot - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Hi, Same thing happens with both Sanguino version (20100702) and (20100628) when selecting motherboard 1. Any Ideas would be of help thanksby RepRot - Firmware - mainstream and related support
This area is to share and help people in New Zealand with sourcing parts and filament for building and operating Repraps and Repstraps. Due to the different models / construction methods / experimental design work / budgets, a number of different types of suppliers are being listed. People can add suppliers that they have used or believe have parts that may assist people; People can also add cby RepRot - New Zealand RepRap User Group
For those who don’t want to build stepper motor drivers PCB’s, Ocean Controls Australia may be of interest (http://www.oceancontrols.com.au/) They supply stepper motor controllers, KTA-261 (1 axis bipolar) A$79 and KTA-263 (3 axis bipolar) A$214; freight charges A$14.50 These drivers accept up to 30VDC and output is adjustable up to 2.5A, thermal protected. Each single driver measures 58mby RepRot - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I tried getting belts, pulleys, bearings and gears from McMaster in the USA. McMaster would not export parts to NZ. Ended up sourcing from Small Parts & Bearings in Australia (http://www.smallparts.com.au/) they have a lot of good stuff but the problem is that they have a A$50 standard overseas freight charge per order. Should really be only about NZ$15 as they are only across the ditch. Brby RepRot - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Hi, I’m in Rotorua and have just built a machine based on the Darwin design. I am using a Sanguino processor with four 24 volt stepper motors. Unlike the Darwin none of the X & Y stepper motors move. Still tweaking about with the printing. Only been running on PLA so far. Gave up on tracking the cost as I changed parts of the design a few times. Still looking at rebuilding & changing oby RepRot - New Zealand RepRap User Group