Hexy the Hexapod
The "Hexy" is a hexypod roboter from Kickstarter. As always it took quite long until I received it and some parts were missing. Fortunately they were easy to replace. The manual made it pretty easy to put everything together. Here is what I experienced during the assembly: At first I assembled ...
3D printers: Test: Printrbot LC vs. Makerbot Replicator 2 vs. Up! Plus
Recently I bought my 3D printer. (I know this is crazy.) I was unhappy with the Printrbot LC and the Makerbot Replicator 2, which I thought would be an awesome printer and would overcome everything, that the Printrbot failed to deliver. But it has it's downsides as well. Thats why I ...
Printrbot: Yet another time lapse Printrbot video
There might be probably a few time lapse videos of 3D printers around, now here is mine: The Printrbot is printing this part from Tinkercad.com: The printed part was used to fix a broken spring from an Ikeak couch:
DIY: repairing my IKEA couch
Two spring mountings of my couch were broken. So it was time for a repair. Here is what I did: First I put my couch up side down. I designed a new 3D part at tinkercad.com. (You can view, modify, download and print the 3d design.) Next I printed the part on my ...
Printrbot: is finally printing
My 3D printer Printrbot is finally completted and ready to print some plastic parts. Today I printed some repairing material for my IKEA couch. I will post some more details about it later.
Printrbot: fourth and fifth day, nearly finished, nearly
The last two days on the Printrbot were quite challenging. Yesterday I was working on the bridge. Since nothing seems to be right in the BOM regarding screws and nuts, there were no screws to mount the extruder. I had to shorten 4 screws to the right size. And that ...
Printrbot: the third day
During my last post from monday and today I got an answer from the guys from Printrbot. They will send me the missing parts. I also found an ebay seller, that has the right hex nuts for the printer. So I ordered them too. Today I received the hex nuts ...
Printrbot: current progress and missing parts
Yesterday I finished the extruder unit: This is quite a tricky part. You have to rework the printed parts a lot. Be careful, don't drill every hole. There are some holes where the screw has to cut into the plastics. I drilled all of the holes and had to use some ...
Printrbot: my new 3D printer and why you need lot of patience
Some of you might remember the Kickstarter.com campaign Printrbot, a low cost 3D printer. There were some rumors about the projects delays and complications. And when I thought it might would never ship, an email with a tracking number apperared in my email account. This was mid-May. So it took ...
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