The parts sourcing for the 3D printer challenge is almost complete – the stepper motors arrived today! In fact I ordered A batch from China two weeks ago but they have not yet arrived – so I checked the prices from Watterott and they were really reasonable. Only downside is postage which is usually free when ordering from China. I… Read more →
Month: August 2014
199€ 3D printer challenge – RAMPS 1.4 and display arrived
The 3D printer challenge is coming together quite nicely – today the RAMPS 1.4 controller board and the display board arrived in the same package. RAMPS 1.4 board was nicely packaged in a cardboard box – only negative thing was the power transistor leads which were left uncut and would most probably have short-circuited the Arduino MEGA. Also the solder… Read more →