RepRap Prusa Mendel
Assembly
The 3D printing Special Interest Group made the modified Mendel Prusa printer for MakeICT. The printer's plastic parts were created on a member's Mendel Prusa which was built from a Makergear kit. The printer's electronics are a Arduino Mega and a Ramps shield. The Ramps shield was made at MakeICT using the toner transfer method, and the soldering was done by another member. The bed, unlike most 3D printers, is actually an aluminum bed with clamps. The holes were cut twice. Once by hand, and once on the V90 router, for precise drilling. You can see this difference if you look at the bottom of the printer. The belt clamps are also aluminum, which fit into holes on the bed, and were cut on the small CNC mill that resides at MakeICT. Assembly was completed over several Open Hack nights by the 3D printing special interest group.
Features
A bit less than 200x200x100 build area 1.75mm filament MakerGear Extruder, with insulation around the nozzle. Controlled via Pronterface.
Use
Details: there is a fee for filament now
Members are free to use the printer. Currently, there is not a fee for the filament. However, all of it has been donated, and we do ask that you donate enough so that we don't have to charge for it. If you have not been instructed on use, please see one of the people who have (Please see Dominic, Tom, Christian or James L, or ask questions on the mailing list.)
