Defeat

admitting defeat for the night... powers up but I cant get connection to the computer. I cant seem to get the drivers to install

Power!

Gave her some power (with a hot wired ATX power supply) will have more details later... high pitch whiney noise from the steppers.... apparently too much current, need to turn the trim pots down...

Wiring [almost] Done

 The top down view with extra wiring bundled on the acrylic mounting plate for the circuit board

Front view, tried to bundle wires in the neatest way possible. Lots of wires to the circuit board made it tricky and hard to really hide them. 

Ink (ABS filament)

Sorry the picture is a little dark... But here is the filament I ordered! 

I ordered it from ebay. I purchased 1.2kg(2.64lbs) of 3mm ABS filament in bright orange. I thought the price was really good but forgot to look at the shipping cost. Shipping was $30!!! Because it came from a foreign country it took a while to get it through the post office. They wouldn't deliver to the apt. and I couldnt make it to the PO during business hours but I caught the postman as he was leaving the building and he went back in and got it for me after-hours. All in all it cost me $62 which is still reasonable since I figured $30/lb and it ended up only being $23.50/lb. They even included a little of their green filament!

Electronics

In process of attaching electronics and running the wires.... no picture yet, once I get things in place I will be sure to upload a picture. Put in 2 hours for the night!

Getting Close!

 Hot End Parts

Hot End Assembled

Table attached (not the heat bed yet) and all axis complete, hot end mounted!! 10hrs of build time (might be 11 I forgot)

Attaching the X

 So I ran into a problem when mounting the X-axis. I didnt have it properly spaced! The directions didn't say how far to space it so I completely looked over it. Thankfully I have a nice clamp that doubles as a spreader. Another problem that I had was the spacing for the Z-motor mounts. If using metric you need to add an extra set of washers to both sides to compensate for metric nuts being thinner than SAE nuts. 

X-axis being mounted on Z-axis. My water glass is holding it up right now and I am so thirsty! Wish I had a straw :)

Extrude Head

 Since I need to wait on a new Z motor mount I switched gears tonight and did the extruder head.

The "Gregs Accessible Extruder" inner workings

Completed, a quick 35 minute build.

X Axis Complete

X axis complete

Y Axis Complete

Y-Axis complete! Motor attached, stage attached, and belt in place. Done for a few hours.

Y Axis Base

Y axis base started

Excellent Customer Service

So I have the framing done and all perfectly spaced. I ran into a little issue with a delaminated z motor mount as seen below. I contacted MakerFarm and they are sending a new piece Monday morning! Living up to their customer service :) Try getting that with some other vendors.

Basic Framing

Basic frame taking shape after 3hrs 10 minutes of total work. Note that I might be slower since I am taking time to make sure the adjustment lengths are within 1/32 of an inch