Quote Originally Posted by michaelsussa View Post
cheers thanks, I have ordered it, I will let you know how I go once I get it, next thing is to fix the extruder!
yeah I have mine sitting in a box here, I do have 1 roll of 3mm filament I could use, but I would literally be rebuilding the extruder to use one roll of filament, the 3mm is so stiff!! I dont know how people work with it.

Just get a J-head or similar extruder, I buy alot of my stuff of LearCNC, they are not cheap but they are reliable, aussie stock too.

http://www.ebay.com.au/usr/learcnc?_...84.m1497.l2754

If you are going to build your own extruder, I do recommend getting a few things..

Either one of these, they are $50, pretty good deal

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LearCNC-M...item2c86cd764d

They also sell a hexagon, which is the one I got but it's $70 and a bit overkill, I wouldnt say its all that much better than the merlin.

You will also need a hobbed bolt
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LearCNC-S...item2ec92a8c50

Try and get one with the offset between 24mm and 25mm, that seems to be the standard for Geared extruders these days.