Mendel Overview

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Introduction

The video below is an immediate introduction to the Mendel design:

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The picutre below identifies Mendel's axes:

General assembly of Mendel


Essential understanding

Before assembly it's important to understand the key mechanical concepts of how the axes work. <videoflash type="vimeo">6982104|640|480</videoflash>

Mendel's design improvements

This is not critical to watch before assembly, but if you've previously owned a Darwin machine (the first RepRap printer) you might like to know sbout some of the improvements the Mendel design has in store for you:

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Back to Mendel mechanical construction root.