Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Building a Reprap, Pt. 3 (The Frame, A)

Part one of this series is here.


I bought a set of cast plastic structural supports from Fireraiser for $30. Sadly, they have to be drilled by hand, unlike printed parts.


I got all of the hard drilling out of the way with a drill press: about 2.5 hr.
Drill
Drill


Drill


Cut some of the needed threaded rods with hacksaw: 20 min.


Measuring... 
...twice.
Cutting once. (x6)














Assembly: over 1 hour due to messing up the ends and needing to clean them up first. It's starting to come together.


Progress!
The workspace

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