Phineas
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Information
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General
Phineas (nickname) is a RepRap Prusa Mendel, built from a MakerGear Prusa Mendel Kit.
It was purchased and built by Ian (Digitalman2112) between April and June of 2011.
Photos
Warning, I make mistakes, and sometimes the mistakes stay in the photos - don't use these as your only reference :)
Build Photos - Heated Build Platform
Documentation
MakerGear Prusa Build Instructions - These are a complement to the Visual Prusa Instructions
Electronics
- RAMPS v1.2
- Polulus
- Fan for Polulu - 40mm(?) from Skycraft
- Arduino Mega 2560
- Power Supply - Sunpower Model FDPS-240A 12v 20A power supply
Mechanical
- Makergear Prusa Mendel Hybrid Kit
- Makergear stepper extruder
- 0.9 degree steppers on X & Y (with shafts flattened for pulley set screws)
- 1.8 degree steppers on Z (qty 2)
- Swapped out ceramic heater (kept breaking them) for Resistor Block
- .35 nozzle
- Moved X endstop so that origin (0,0) is front left (with Y stepper at the BACK)
Software
Ian (user link) is currently using the following:
- Pronterface with SFACT
- 10/2/2011 CURRENT SCREENSHOT OF SETTINGS
Print Status
The printer is NOW printing. It needs better calibration, but it is close.
Current Work
This is the TODO or In-progress list...
Electronics
- Get the fan on the polulus mounted & connected to always be on
- Build a RAMPS case
- Clean up stepper wiring, and add some nice disconnects...
Mechanical
- Add a print cooling fan?
Software
- Speed up python?
Notes
- Turn on & off fan in D9 with M106
- Calibrating SFACT - DO THIS
- Spent lots of time getting bind out of the Y & Z - this is why the Polulus needed so much current, and why they were overheating...
