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7Aug/104

Laser etching

After I built my heated bed controller, it was time to create a PCB for it. Especially, because people had trouble to build the controller.

So the evolution of home-made heated bed controller began:

Warning: long article ahead!

19May/107

Mega filament holder

I designed a filament holder for my Mendel.

14May/103

Heated bed improvement


Its always nice to see how others are developing further your design.
This just happened: my previous heated bed buyer thought further the design.
He insulated the bed, and made a control-circuit for it.

It's time to update my version too;-)

7Mar/100

Megalomaniac stupidity 2 — Flatness

I pushed my newly designed heated bed to its limits.
Do you wonder how good it performed?

20Feb/105

Raftless — My fourth heated bed prototype

Living in the shadow of a giant:-)
It's not easy to be the second all the time. Presenting something, which has been already done.
But maybe I can show you some improvements, or some really nice pictures...

Yes, my fully working heated bed prototype!

14Feb/101

Half success — Grinding the bed flat

After three days of grinding, the end result is only half success:

7Feb/103

Making of — Dremel holder


Actually this is only the first prototype, so read more, to get known the final version!

6Feb/103

Warming up!

First prototype of my heated bed.

23Jan/100

Mendel build progress — day 10

Not much things could I do. Im waiting for the machined extruder parts to arrive, meanwhile I mounted the extruder RP part on my Mendel to get a feeling.

20Jan/102

Mendel build progress — day 9 (updated)

Today I put the belts on Mendel.