User:Jakjak444

My reprap journey so far...

A bit about me first, My name is Jack Morelli, I'm 20 and in my third year of a Bachelor or Engineering (Mechanical) at the University of Adelaide, I first found out about the Reprap project whilst surfing the net in a very boring lecture in 2012 semester 1. I spent the subsequent 6 months (of boring lectures) doing more research into 3D printers and then decided to make one.

Current setup

Mozbot 1

Hardware

• Model: Prusa Mendel i2
• Electronics: Ramps 1.4
• Stepper Motors: Wantai & some random japanese ones
• PSU: Old atx
• Smooth rods: Prescision ground shafting
• Cold end: Gregs wade with guidler
• Hot end: Budaschnozzle
• Print surface: Scanner glass on heatbed mkII
• Endstops: Big old microswitches
• Firmware: Marlin
• Host software: Slic3r, Pronterface, sometimes CURA
• Belts: MXL

Builds

Mozbot 1

• Model: Prusa Mendel i2
• Electronics: Ramps 1.4
• Stepper Motors: Wantai & some random japanese ones
• PSU: Old atx
• Smooth rods: Prescision ground shafting
• Cold end: Gregs wade
• Hot end: J-Head
• Print surface: Masking tape on scanner glass
• Endstops: Big old microswitches
• Firmware: Marlin
• Host software: CURA
• Filament: 3mm PLA
• Belts: MXL (scavenged from old printers)

Construction

Finished build, now to test it

My first successful print

This page is a work in progress