Prusa

This past weekend, we had a 3D printing workshop at LVL1.  I built a Mendel Prusa i2, along with 9 other folks in the LVL1 community. Sonny Mounicou came up from Memphis, TN, while Jon Oly of SeeMeCNC came down from Goshen, IN to help us build 3D printers.  One guy had his printer up and running in a mere 14 hours!  I had to get some sleep, so I was a little bit behind that.

Needless to say, everyone had a great time, and walked out with some working 3D printers.  I’ve since gotten my Prusa home and had some time to play with it.

I’ve already got plans to make it better.  Tonight, I’m going to redo all the wiring to make it nicer, more reliable, and better looking.  Next, I intend to scrounge a server power supply out of the basement of LVL1.  Currently, it’s attached to a 200W Dell Power supply, which can only push out 200W.  This is fine for most things, but it just can’t put our the juice needed for heating the build platform to ABS temperatures.  I was able to get some calibration cubes of ABS to stick to the build platform, but nothing bigger. After that, sky’s the limit.  I’m also going to use this printer to print parts for another 3D printer, a Rostock.

Unfortunately, I’ll be missing the Midwest RepRap Fest this weekend, but I’ll be there in spirit!