I posted the other day the lastet build description of my Prusa Mendel i2. I used that build to print a new set of parts that were printed with a focus on part strength and solidness as opposed to economy of printing. After I had a full set of parts ready, it was time to tear it all down and rebuild it. Here is a picture of the basic framework assembled: Note there are some changes from previous build and a stock i2 build: I removed the...

    After my latest refinement of my 3D printer, I found I was starting to get some really decent prints. Yesterday I received some very nice 1.75mm PLA from Revolution Printers, and decided to try it out. This filament prints very evenly at 200C, and produces a very nice glossy surface. These two “Teethy Tiki” models from cereberus333 are straight off the print bed, printed with a 0.4mm nozzle at a 0.25mm layer...

I have taken a lot of photos, but have not really posted much to the site so far. I was meaning to post more of the build, but got caught up playing around with different ideas and parts for the printer. From this I have learned a fair bit and recently rebuilt the printer to something closed to my ideal for the Mendel design. I immediately put it to work to build some nice really solid parts to be rebuilt with. Better, faster, stronger. I...