by mxk » Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:10 am
Enraged,
Thanks for the photos! That truly is excellent quality. I've invested a LOT of time tweaking and tuning my Sells Mendel and I think I am producing parts near Jeremy's quality, but I do agree the inherent squareness and stiffness of Bart's design, plus the modern tool chains of Marlin/Slic3r/Pronterface should make it much easier to get to that point. I'm really looking forward to getting my ORD and assembling it -- I am sure it will live up to my expectations.
I'm sorry to hear you paid for the natural pieces, they look like stuff I throw away. I've sent a couple people in the queue for ORD bots some extruders I've printed, but while they are functional and look a lot better than your eBay parts, I wouldn't be able to respect myself if I was charging for them.
If you do buy any more parts on eBay, look for stuff from nophead - his work looks as good as Jeremy's.