OK a few of the guys I regularly watch on YouTube (Mokanaman RichterScaleStudios) have brought themselves 3d printers, and very nice they are too. But no matter how much fun they look spending £500-£1000 on one is just way out of my budget. So what to do?
Build my own of course! OK what do you need?
Good computer knowledge....
OK not got that but I do play Xbox!
Electronics knowledge...
I'm a mechanical maintenance engineer so sort of.
Nema 17 stepper motor..
Again no.
Ardinuo stuff..
No.
Build my own of course! OK what do you need?
Good computer knowledge....
OK not got that but I do play Xbox!
Electronics knowledge...
I'm a mechanical maintenance engineer so sort of.
Nema 17 stepper motor..
Again no.
Ardinuo stuff..
No.
OK looking good so far! First steps get some parts.
Posted a wanted ad on my local freecycle and within a week had:
2 scanners
1 Epson printer
1 Lexmark printer
1 Brother laser printer
And an old desktop base unit.
So hopefully some useful parts there.
Posted a wanted ad on my local freecycle and within a week had:
2 scanners
1 Epson printer
1 Lexmark printer
1 Brother laser printer
And an old desktop base unit.
So hopefully some useful parts there.
After looking online I'm thinking of going for something between these two designs
The Wolfstrap and the poor man's printer
I
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