10" Pegasus Build

[flatty_420]

Howdy, I've been lurking for a while now and I've finally pulled the trigger and ordered a 10" Pegasus. Since I am not seeing a whole lot of info about these yet I thought I'd post my experience with building the kit. I am a complete novice, having done nothing but read forums and watch youtube videos so far. So lets get started, shall we?

Yesterday I went and picked up my kit which I had ordered from Makerfarm. I ordered the printer kit with a single extruder with e3d-v6 hot end instead of the lite version, graphical lcd, and I also upgraded the X, Y, Z Motor Mounts, X idler and X carriage to Metal. When I opened the package I found everything well protected and well wrapped along with a checklist to make sure everything was in the package.



And here's what all the parts look like once unpacked...




And here is my contribution over and above what the comes in the kit:





You will have to stay patient with me as I'm busy trying to keep a business afloat and busy with lots of kids so I may only get an update or two per day as opposed to a marathon build to the end. Everything looks to be in order as far as the kit goes and next I will start putting together the frame as per the instructions. Chow for now.

[Dustin B]

Return the fire blanket if you can. My attempt to use it was a disaster. I highly recommend the felt I used in my thread though. Single layer of the 1/4" stuff could just be cut and used.

[flatty_420]

Return the fire blanket if you can. My attempt to use it was a disaster. I highly recommend the felt I used in my thread though. Single layer of the 1/4" stuff could just be cut and used.

I can't take it back. What problems did you have with the fire blanket?

[Dustin B]

I can't take it back. What problems did you have with the fire blanket?

It falls apart after you cut it up. My wife quilts and couldn't get it to sew worth shit and it was giving her fiberglass slivers when she was trying to work with it. If you took a lot of time to sew it by hand or had the right kind of machine for that type of fabric you might have better luck. If you do try by hand I'd recommend sewing as much as you can before you cut anything as it won't stay together after you cut it.

[flatty_420]

It falls apart after you cut it up. My wife quilts and couldn't get it to sew worth shit and it was giving her fiberglass slivers when she was trying to work with it. If you took a lot of time to sew it by hand or had the right kind of machine for that type of fabric you might have better luck. If you do try by hand I'd recommend sewing as much as you can before you cut anything as it won't stay together after you cut it.

OK, thanks for the tip.

[BLKKROW]

I will be watching. A little birdie told me they may be making a 12" Pegasus soon once that comes out I am buying a second printer.

[Adamseye]

OMG my wanhao just fried it's wiring, 2 month old. So I found the pegasus 10 and reading about maker farm putting out a good product. Now look here, a thread in the forums talking just about that very printer!

Congrats on your purchase, have fun building!

[flatty_420]

Alrighty then, I will start assembling the frame as per the build instructions. First little bundle of parts required are gathered as shown.



The hardware gets installed into the brackets.



And the brackets into the long extrusions as so:

[flatty_420]

Onto the next piece of frame...



Assembled as so:




And there we have it. My build instructions jump to some motor mounts next, so what I end up doing with these frame components will have to stay a mystery for now.

[flatty_420]

Continuing on with the frame, here's the next group of parts



Corner brackets are installed in a piece of short extrusion



And then the extrusion is flipped 90 degrees for the rest of the parts to be installed.