Machine building the smart way

Let me start of by saying that I am not a traditionally trained mechanical engineer, I have studied several subjects that are the same as what mechanical engineers study but I don’t have a degree as a one. I think this might be an advantage when it comes to building machines, cause even if I […]

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How not to build a 3D printer

How not to build a 3D printer I have a 3D printer. It’s a Cartesian printer with a build volume of 300×300x280mm and it is controlled with a RAMPS board on a Arduino Mega running the software Repetier. It’s frame is based on extruded aluminium profile and the rest of the hardware is milled aluminium. […]

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