Working on extruder

Finally started working on the extruder, after a whole lot of school trouble. Seems they cant give me a normal break anymore...

I have finished several parts, but the first part is the most tricky one... You need to do something (usually takes 15-30 min), then wait 12 hours for the stuff to dry, 10 min. in an oven and then the whole thing repeats itself again for another 3-4 times. Never noticed that I needed a hacksaw too... Since I hate cutting things off, I am hoping for the best.

At this moment I am at the part where the coil is wrapped around the extruder and the total time is 24 hours waiting. Hope they give me a break in school too so I can work on the reprap.

At least I found out its not something you can do in school during school hours with a bunch of screaming kids. You need a lot of patience and skilled fingers, but its an ideal project for when you have to write your thesis about it.

Greetings from Turkey

Hello all,

Sorry that I didnt say anything for the last few weeks, but at the moment I am in Turkey. Will come back at the end of the month, hopefully I can start finishing my reprap with building the extruder. You can always send me e-mails, but I cant respond them every day since I am having a good time with my gf.

Pictures will be online later.

Greetings to ya all

picture time!

Murphy's law! Aargh...

I found the murphy's law in effect today...

First of all I found out that the last 3 pages of my building manual were actually 3d moving pictures without any stuff...

Then I realised that I cut the drive belt at the wrong length...

And to get sad enough: I cant build the extruder, because the manual is missing :S

AARHGggg....

Building a reprap, day 2

Its 12pm in here, and the reprap is finally taking shape. I am tired but happy. All I need to do is connecting the axis, putting the extruder together and then i'm finished. Its putting the total building time on 19 hours...

I am taking pictures of the build per day, but since I am too tired to put any of them online right now, I will put them online later.

build has started

Hi everyone,

Too bad my camera didnt function so well today. Its 4 hours since I have begun, and I am at 1-07 of the build manual. Lots of parts to go trough, but its fun and I like it :)

I also found some weird stuff in the build manual, will tell Iain when I have time:

1-01: Left 3d does not fit part#

1-02: 10011 instead of 10010

1-03: 10008 instead of 10007, 10009 instead of 10008

And some parts dont have a name assigned, only a number. Oh well, luckely I know what M3x20 means. I will try to get this thing running before friday, I have got a good name for the reprap: Ice... Because its white. Only need some blue leds to match the fans.

D-day is coming...

I just got word from the person who is selling the repraps... They will ship it monday 16th march, so I will have it propably the 17th or 18th of march!

I am wondering what name you would give to the reprap? I have thought of Buzz (because of the sound a reprap can make), Spudd (name says all)...

Just leave a comment if you have a good name for it :)

Next post will be from a happy me, showing the goods.

Julius out.

EDIT: Due to delays they shipped it today... 18th of march. Waiting for the package to arrive!