Building a printer from a kit

[PickyBiker]

[QUOTE=soofle616;53746] and all the brackets and fasteners you could possibly need are available through their catalog. They have distribution all over the place


Who is the "they" you are talking about?

Not a bad idea but where would I get the plans for making my own frame? I am much more comfortable with the elextronics and programminbg than designing a frame for a 3D printer.

[soofle616]

Who is the "they" you are talking about?

80/20 is easy to work with and all the brackets and fasteners you could possibly need are available through their catalog. They have distribution all over the place so there's probably a local industrial supply house that you can get it all from. if not, grainger or msc will get it to your door in a couple days.

As for the plans, i'm sure a couple minutes of google-fu with keywords like 80/20, openbeam, 3d printer, and frame would net you a fairly extensive list of printers built by others that you could draw ideas from.