Building a 3D Printer the Hard Way (Resources)
Table of Contents
1 More Information
2 Getting Help
- Reprap forums
- Reddit communities: http://reddit.com/r/3dprinting, http://reddit.com/r/reprap, http://reddit.com/r/fixmyprint
3 Popular Designs
3.1 Printers
3.1.1 Cartesian
http://reprap.org/wiki/Category:Mechanical_arrangement
- Prusa i3
- Wilson II
3.1.2 Delta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_robot
- Kossel Mini
- Rostock Max v2
3.1.3 CoreXY
- Voron (new design)
3.2 Components
4 Suppliers
- Mcmaster-Carr Nuts and bolts
- DigiKey Electronics bits, crimp pins, fans
- VxB bearings
- Misumi: linear rods, aluminum extrusions, high quality (but $$$) bearings
- Maker's Tool Works
- RepRap.me Diamond hotend, heat beds,
- Lulzbot Stepper motors, AO Hexagon, hobbed bolts for Wade extruder
- Reprapdiscount (warning: slow shipping from China)
- Robotdigg (warning: slow shipping from China)
4.1 Kits
- Wilson II
- Prusa i3 official
- bq Hepshetos (reprap.me will ship to the US)
- Clough42 (Itty Bitty double extruder kits)
- Matterhackers (several different kits)
4.2 Consumables
- Hatchbox: decent PLA and ABS filament at a good price
- Gizmo Dorks: more decent PLA and ABS filament at good price, better color selection than Hatchbox
- Taulman: Nylon, PET, and other production-worthy materials
5 Electronics
5.1 Hardware
- RAMPS
- RAMBo
- RUMBA
- Azteeg X3 [Pro]
- Azteeg X5 Mini
- Smoothieboard
5.2 Firmware
- Marlin for AVR boards (GPLv3+)
- Marlin has some ARM support (Arduino DUE, Teensy) but it is not well supported yet
- Smoothieware for Cortex M3 boards (insert license here)
6 Finding Things to Print
6.1 Designing Parts
- FreeCAD
- OpenSCAD
- Blender
6.2 Downloadable parts
- Thinigiverse
- Youmagine
- MyMiniFactory
- GrabCAD
- reprapables
- yeggi search engine
7 Tools
- Pull saw