Talk:Prusa i3 Rework Introduction

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While investigating the genealogy of some Prusa i3 printed parts, I was unable to find any OpenSCAD source file for the various printed parts of the i3 Rework. Now, this is unfortunately in clear violation of the GPL license under which the original parts were released. Until RepRap France comes clean and publishes their OpenSCAD sources or other source material and provide proper attribution for the printed parts of the i3 Rework, it cannot be considered GPL-compliant (as they claim). To all effects they have stolen the IP from others and decided to make it proprietary. :-(

--AndrewBCN (talk) 22:28, 6 March 2015 (PST)


With all the forking of projects we have in our community, we need to do a better job of outlining what makes this fork different than the original. Could someone who knows put details on what makes the Prusa i3 Rework different than the original Prusa i3?

There is some information (in French) on the github page, here is a quick-and-dirty translation:
Improvements with respect to the original version:
* Extruder parts modified to support a Magma Hotend.
* Changes to the "Fan Duct" to achieve better cooling of the Hotend.
* Changes to the "Y Corner" to improve stability.
* Changes to the "Y Idler" to add a system for adjusting the belt tension.
* Changes to the "X End Idler" and the "Y Motor mount" to support endstops (limit switches).
* Updated the "X End Idler" to support a 624 bearing.
* Adding a "Z Endstop holder part" to support the Z-axis endstop.
Note that "original version" here refers to the original Prusa i3 Einstein, itself a variant of the Prusa i3.


is there any file for the frame?

I believe that is the aluminum single plate frame design by Josef Prusa and available commercially from a number of vendors worldwide.
Not only commercially, but also available as DXF file in "vanilla" repository (file name: alu-frame.dxf) - Xoan Sampaiño (talk) 23:31, 20 November 2014 (PST)

--EMotion-Tech


Hi all, sorry about the latency and this issue, we just added the STEP sources for simplify any modification. Unfortunately we do not have any OpenSCAD sources. We will try to be more reactive next time (and check more often this page I guess), do not hesitate to contact us if needed.