LaserCut Mendel Assembly Blog

Photographs of Laser Cut Replacement for RepRap Mendel Printed Parts GPL3 parts Kymberly Aandrus of Tech Zone Communications

Photos by stevew may-13-10

A call to all users of these parts, please post, add, edit, update, whatever you can contribute. We will all be better with more information. If someone can make these images appear here that would be great. I can't build and fight with the picture uploader and this is my 1st ever wiki edit. Thanks

Arrived

Opened box

McMaster Carr belt in pulley

[Needs info]

Bed springs

x-carriage pieces [Need assembly info, please]

x-axis motor mount

x-axis idler end

z-motor mount and tensioner

x-axis carriage part

z-axis bearing mounts

parts laid out.

frame assembled +/- 0.5 mm tight.

Link:http://reprap.org/wiki/File:TZone_LCut_DSCN4029big.JPG

I'm impressed with the accuracy of these parts, compared to hand made. I stripped parts from two partial wooden Mendels to assemble this much. With everything adjusted I could still remove a single threaded rod to add a nut that I'd missed. On my (oak) RepStrap attempts this would have meant partial disassembly of the entire frame, because of my inaccurate drilling caused everything to bind.