RepRapPro Mendel heatbed assembly
Contents
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Introduction | Frame assembly | Y axis assembly | X axis assembly | Z axis assembly | Heated bed assembly | Extruder drive assembly | Hot end assembly | Power supply | Wiring | Commissioning | Printing | Multi‑colour/multi‑materials | Colour Printing - Slic3r | Colour Printing - RepRapPro Slicer | Maintenance | Troubleshooting | Improvements
| A notice about these instructions! |
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Since 1st April 2013, the RepRapPro Mendel has been superseded by the RepRapPro Tricolour and Mono Mendel. |
Goal
By the end of this step your RepRap machine should look like this:
And in addition it will have an aluminium plate on top of the red circuit board.
Tools
You will need the following tools:
- M3 Allen key
- Cross-head screwdriver
- Multimeter
- Soldering iron and solder
Parts
| Hardware | Quantity | 
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| Lasercut insulator | 1 | |
| PCB bed heater | 1 | |
| Glass printing plate | 1 | |
| Foldback spring clips | 4 | |
| M3 x 40mm screws | 3 | |
| 30mm springs | 3 | |
| M3 nuts | 13 | |
| M3 washers | 16 | |
| 10K glass bead thermistor | 1 | |
| twin ribbon wire | 1.1m | |
| 20A wire | 1.1m | |
| 3mm LED | 1 | |
| 1k resistor | 1 | |
| Aluminium heat spreader | 1 | |
| M3 x 10mm countersunk screws | 4 | |
| 1mm dia copper wire | 35mm | |
| Heatshrink | 30mm |
Get the twin ribbon wires by stripping them off the 10-way ribbon cable supplied with the kit. If that ribbon cable has a colored stripe down one side, strip the two wires furthest from it. If it has no coloured stripe, strip from one side, then put the remaining 8-way ribbon flat on the bench and run a felt-tipped marker down one side:
This will make the wires in it easier to identify later. Set the 8-way ribbon aside for later use.
Step 1: Main assembly
Step 2: Wiring
Step 3: Attach to the machine
