Month: July 2014

A short trip to local outdoor store – two fishing rods for kids and super cheap (5€ from the clearance aisle) braided fishing line for the 3D printer project. Read more →

Because of the design goals of the 3D printer project and money constraint I had to source the cheapest reasonably solid looking hotend and found this J-head hotend from China – just under $19 postage paid! Read more →

Just a short note, heated bed for the 3D printer challenge came with todays mail. Woohoo! Price: $12 Read more →

The Arduino Mega (clone) board arrived for the 199€ 3D printer project. The build quality is really nice for the price. Price: 9€ Read more →

I have been playing with my ultimaker for a while now and have been very happy with it. However it costs an arm and a leg and costruction is quite demanding (my kit with dual extruder and ulticontroller was 1299€). I decided to try to push a working 3D printer price as low as possible with the following design goals o as… Read more →