Alpha is a wooden Mendel printer currently placed in room 312 of Hammond building on campus. Alpha uses skeinforge to slice the STl file in to G code, which gives alpha better capability printing out circular parts. Alpha was brought to the 2013 EXPO to be a sample printer to show how does a RepRap printer work.

Operating Specifications

Operating Specifications
Name	Status	Design	Electronics	Firmware	Extruder	Temperature	Comments
Alpha	Working	TechZone Mendel	TechZone Gen 3	???	Herringbone Gears Wade's Geared Extruder 1/2mm tip Thermocouple TechZone tip management board	153C	Both alpa and beta may experience extrusion problems that are not temperature related, please follow these guides to fix it Trouble Shooting Guide Y axis is replaced with Ohm design

Log

Date	Modification / Problem
09/02/2013	The printer needs new electronics and extruder
Unknown	Both alpa and beta may experience extrusion problems that are not temperature related, please follow these guides to fix it Trouble Shooting Guide
Unknown	Y axis is replaced with Ohm design