Same here, already had an Arduino Mega clone so I went with a RAMPS. Otherwise I would have etched my own Gen7 board.
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Same here, already had an Arduino Mega clone so I went with a RAMPS. Otherwise I would have etched my own Gen7 board.
I'm starting with the repstrap route. My design is based on the Prusa/Mendal sorta kinda in that the Y axis is the bed moving front/back, X axis is on a liftable gantry which is the Z axis.
Two...
Don't stop with a dual extruder, use THREE. Now you can print in RGB (well actually CMY or RYB I think) and mix the colors to get ANY combination (like mixing paint!).
Just a thought. Most of the power (11A or more) will go to power the bed heater. From what I can tell the temperature of the bed heater is controlled by the bang-bang methode (ie: on/off, no PWM). ...
Makerbot took the design work from RepRap, and then commericialized it. They have also closed source their design. Personally, I would not buy one from them. I've read some reviews that pointed...