I got it assembled within 48 hours of receiving it. Than the fun started … I had plugged all the motors backwords. This means that when I told the printer to move one way it went backwards. A simple fix. More annoyingly only 3 of the 4 sets ran well. Some trouble shooting narrowed it …
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My First day of building my MakerGear RepRap Prusa Mendel was a blast! I told work that I was going to be on MakeCation when it arrived so I was able to stay up late. It took me a while to clean up the LaBOREtory so I can assemble the kit, but once I got …
In album February 28, 2012 My MakerGear RepRap Prusa Mendal kit pieces all laid out nice and neat… View this post on Google+ .
Winter Wonderland In album I woke up this morning to this view of my back yard. Such a winter wonderland! Of course, that means the front yard looks like this… 6 inches of snow and a new snow berm at the end of the driveway. It looks a tad snowed in… All the trees are …
I had picked up some black stove pipe last night so I could finish the heater tonight. I used the 55 gallon barrel my neighbor got for me. I assembled it tonight so I can measure the proper height for the heat riser. While it was assembled, I figured I ought to fire it up …
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