First Daughter machine! built for Burnside High School. construction took two weeks of on and off building, somewhat larger than what I expected, though most of the time was spend re-doing things in an attempt to make the machine less "year nine-able".
This beast features a number of fancy parts. The RepRapPro cross brace, an innovation ive not seen commonly used though incredibly effective for both bracing the frame and eliminating any wobble. And my Y-axis motor mount (On Thingiverse) that I'm possibly over-proud of. Not quite incredibly effective, functional.
We used Sanguinololu on this machine, even made a lovely little box shown. Pretty tidy if I may say so myself, what with plugs, cable glands and a noticeable lack of MDF.
Nice work there lads.
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DeleteGreat work. Are you willing to sell them to other schools?
ReplyDeletePotentially, I think most of us would be keen to do some more building
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ReplyDeleteWell done, folks. Now you know you can do it :)
ReplyDeleteI'm the Reprap guy that pioneered the use of PLA filament in 3D printing; the factory is in Henderson. Watching what you're doing give me a very satisfying feeling!
I might be able to help a bit: I have some rolls of filament that came out in strange colours, and I keep those specially to give to students to make Repraps with. Free. vik _(squiggly)_ diamondage dut co dut nz.