Monthly Archives: March 2010

Done cutting rod, continuing X axis build

Since the last blog post I’ve finished cutting all of the smooth and threaded rod, and I’m on to assembling more of my Mendel. One thing I learned was that the diamond cutting wheel wasn’t the right thing to use … Continue reading

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Cutting Thick Sheet Pieces and Rod

Here’s a bit more progress that I made today. I finally got around to cutting the bed, circuit board holder, and other pieces out of MDF (medium density fibreboard). I don’t have easy access to a plotter, so I needed … Continue reading

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Parts Acquired! Building has commenced!!

Huzzah! There is good in the world. Progress continues. In my previous post, I described how my place of work had asked for the MakerBot (which I was using as a RepStrap) back; it was originally made available to Chris … Continue reading

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