P3Steel Vitamins
In RepRap jargon, a vitamin (also called an "imported part" or "non-printed part") is anything that you need to make a RepRap, which a RepRap cannot itself make.
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Lasecut parts
P3Steel frame is mainly built from lasercut steel. CAD Drawings are available from GitHub and author's page on Thingiverse.
| P3Steel V1.2 | P3Steel V2.0 |
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| Has 3 Bearings on Y Carriage and 4 point heated bed levelling system. | Has 4 Bearings on Y Carriage and 3 or 4 point heated bed levelling system. |
Mechanical Parts
Bearings
| Image | Part | Quantity | Unit price | Total cost | Commentaries |
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LM8UU Lineal bearings | 11 | -- | -- | 4 for the Y carriage, 4 for the Z carriage and 3 for the X carriage. |
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608zz Axial bearings | 2+3 | -- | -- | One for each Idler.
Three for the extruder (depends on the extruder model). |
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Other axial bearings (pending) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Motors & couplings
| Image | Part | Quantity | Unit price | Total cost | Commentaries |
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GT2 or T2.5 Pulleys | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
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GT2 or T2.5 Belt | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Flexible coupling 5mm to 5mm | 2 | -- | -- | Couple the Z-Axis motors to the threaded rods. |
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NEMA 17 Stepper motors | 5 | -- | -- | 1 for the X-axis, 1 for the Y-axis, 2 for the Z-axis and 1 for the extruder. |
Rods
Threaded rods
Only 2 M5 threaded rods are needed:
- 2x Threaded rod M5x295 mm
Smooth rods
6 Smooth rods are needed of the following sizes:
- 2x Ø8x375 mm for X-Axis
- 2x Ø8x341 mm for Y-Axis
- 2x Ø8x320 mm for Z-Axis
Screws
Pending.
Electronics
| Image | Part | Quantity | Unit price | Total cost | Commentaries |
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Arduino Mega 2560 board (or compatible) | 1 | -- | -- | The printer's "brain". |
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RAMPS 1.4 board | 1 | -- | -- | Interface betwen the arduino board and the hardware. |
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Stepper motor drivers. | 4 | -- | -- | Drive the motors |
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Mechanical endstops. | 3 | -- | -- | Tell the software when the carriage has reached the home position. Can be replaced with optical or magnetic sensors. |
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Smart LCD | 1(Optional) | -- | -- | Run your RAMPS without a computer just with a SD card and Gcode files. |
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Power supply. | 1 | -- | -- | Min power 16A, Recommended 30A |
