Getting from ORDbot kit --> Usable 3d Printer
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:18 pm
OK, so I have a Hadron reserved. This will be my first bot, so I have the "chicken - egg" problem, where I will need to source everything necessary for the complete unit externally from Bart's kit.
Electronics, software, not so hard to figure out, lot's of options.
Two big areas of doubt for me are the extruder / hot end assembly and the bed / mount.
I see lots of discussion about the extruder / hot end, but little about the bed. I'm thinking a wades derivative driving a budaschnozzle it going to be the (pardon the pun) hot setup
On the topic of the bed, I have already procured a prusa MK1 heated bed. What I'm not sure of is how it should be mounted to the y carriage, and squared, calibrated, etc to the X-Y-Z... obviously, this has been figured out, is it documented somewhere I haven't found?
Looking forward to discussion and thanks in advance for the information.
WB
Electronics, software, not so hard to figure out, lot's of options.
Two big areas of doubt for me are the extruder / hot end assembly and the bed / mount.
I see lots of discussion about the extruder / hot end, but little about the bed. I'm thinking a wades derivative driving a budaschnozzle it going to be the (pardon the pun) hot setup
On the topic of the bed, I have already procured a prusa MK1 heated bed. What I'm not sure of is how it should be mounted to the y carriage, and squared, calibrated, etc to the X-Y-Z... obviously, this has been figured out, is it documented somewhere I haven't found?
Looking forward to discussion and thanks in advance for the information.
WB