Parts, bars and a contest

Hello!

Its been a while since the last post (again), but I have a good explanation: I was buying stuff and waiting for it to arrive.

And finally I am at the point, when I can start building something. That is because the bearings arrived. Unfortunately I was a lazy potato, and the rods are not all cut yet. Its much harder to do than I expected... or I am being a potato...

I bought 14 linear bearings LM08UU and 4 standard 608 2RS (for rollerskates :) ).

The costs were:

LM08UU: 5zł ~ 1.20eu  x14 = 70zł ~ 17eu

608 2RS: 1zł ~ 0.20eu  x4 = 4zł ~ 1eu

Shipping from Poland: 43zł ~ 10eu

TOTAL: 117zł ~ 28eu

At the moment I am waiting for the electronic parts: the GEN7-1.4.1 electronics for reprap designed by Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/, and for stepper motor controllers. More about that, after the parts arrive.

Oh, and almost forgot- I made my first transaction on ebay! I ordered the first 0.5kg of ABS plastic- we have to print with something. And yup, there are people like this- till now I was buying on www.allegro.pl, which is like a polish ebay. You may also notice that most of the parts arrive from Poland. There are two main reasons for that:

1) I am Polish :P

2) even after adding the cost of transportation- it pays off. Here in Italy at a regular store I would pay ~8eu for one LM08UU bearing- no thanks.

I can not say that all the stuff is cheaper in Poland- for exaple plastic is not- but its worth a while to look for offers from other counties than US, UK, Germany etc (no offence, just expensive).

And at last, I started to "do some work". Yesterday I cut the smooth rods.

- Pics or didn't happen! 

Well, here they are. The quality is not perfect- cell phone- but can see what's been done.

 
 

I will try to start making pics with my webcam. We will see how it goes.

Now a contest for the lost souls who come to this blog. Wins the first proper answer to these questions:
1) where am I buliding the RepRap (which part of the house)?
2) What does my wife think about that ;) ?
The winner will get a post card from Trieste in Italy (unless will be afraid to give her/his address to a stranger like me- then we can arrange a virtual post card ;) ). The contest is valid till the end of 2012- dont want to get sued in 2020 after I forget that this blog exist by someone who gets here by accident :P

Thats it for now- good night!

Almost ready for construction

Greetings again,

today's note updates the "gathered parts list".
I received:

• 5 bipolar motors: 337.50zł / ~83.- euro*;
• 2 T5 timing belts: 48.-zł / ~12.-euro*;
• hotend MKIVb** 0.35mm/3mm: 224.-zł / 55.-euro*.

* - the prices include shipment from Poland to Italy.

**- the hotend came together with heating resistor and thermocouple.

I already ordered the set of bearings, which should arrive early next week. After that- we can finally start building this printer!

In the meantime I try to order the electronics. More notes on that later.

I know I promised some pics- will to do that after the bearings arrive. That way we will have the "full kit" together.