Photo_012309_001.jpg A cog fabbed by Adam's RepRap.
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Photo_012309_003.jpg Adam's RepRap.  Note the heat lamp set up to keep the ABS plastic filament at an even temperature.
Photo_012309_005.jpg The extruder head controller built on a breadboard.
Photo_012309_006.jpg Side view of the screwthread extruder mechanism.
Photo_012309_007.jpg Wiring.  Lots of wiring.
Photo_012309_008.jpg Controllers for the X, Y, and Z motors.
img_0700.jpg Side view of Adam's RepRap.  Note the heating element and extruder controllers at the bottom.
img_0702.jpg A rather poor close-up of the heating element and extruder head.
img_0703.jpg Closeup of the X, Y, and Z motor controllers.
img_0704.jpg Wire's eye view of the Cartesian bot motor.
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img_0707.jpg Mark and Zach Hoeken on Saturday.
img_0708.jpg Soldering round table.
img_0709.jpg All of the hardware you need to construct a RepRap.
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img_0711.jpg Mark's homemade automill.  Note the X, Y, and Z motor controllers at the left.
img_0712.jpg Closeup of the motor controllers and wiring.
img_0713.jpg Mark and Zach.
img_0719.jpg Zach "Hoeken" Smith.
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img_0729.jpg Motor controller kits at the soldering roundtable.
img_0730.jpg A stack of laser-cut acrylic, a few stepper motors, and some Allen keys.
img_0732.jpg Closeup of the motor control subsystem of Mark's automill.
img_0733.jpg Mark's automill.
img_0735.jpg Closeup of the miller - it used to be a Dremel.
img_0736.jpg Looking down at the builders, hard at work on the Cartesian bot.
img_0738.jpg Builders working on the extruder.
img_0743.jpg Tools, parts, and bolts.
img_0744.jpg Trying to reach the assembly instructions with minimal net.access proves trying.
img_0747.jpg Tiny, tiny blueprints.
img_0748.jpg A sheet of laser cut acrylic parts.
img_0749.jpg Gears and cogs.
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img_0752.jpg Assembling motor control boards.
img_0753.jpg Learning to solder.
img_0754.jpg A partially completed member of the Cartesian bot assembly.
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img_0757.jpg A partially assembled pinch-wheel extruder assembly.
img_0758.jpg Assembling the extruder head.
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img_0761.jpg Timball testing the extruder head's motor.
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img_0763.jpg Minor adjustments are required.
img_0764.jpg Closeup of the pinch-wheel.
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img_0769.jpg Fitting the extruder head.
img_0772.jpg Motor mounted on the Cartesian bot.
img_0773.jpg The damned diagonals I was complaining about.
img_0774.jpg Three motor control boards and a Sanguino mainboard.
img_0775.jpg A PC power supply built into a housing.
img_0776.jpg Every extruder control board includes peace and love.
img_0778.jpg Cartesian bot assembly.
img_0779.jpg That's a lot of little parts.  Just wait until you drop one.
img_0781.jpg Comrade Nick!  What is greatest thing in world?
img_0782.jpg Dr. Adrian Bowyer, live and direct from the UK>
img_0784.jpg Partially complete RepRap chassis.
img_0785.jpg Way too many steel rods.
img_0786.jpg In the background is Dr. Bowyer's RepRap.
img_0788.jpg Using Adam's RepRap as a guide to build from.
img_0789.jpg Fiddling with the extruder head mount.
img_0790.jpg Mounting the pinch-wheel extruder.
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img_0793.jpg Ash cutting steel rod.
img_0794.jpg Eye protection is a must.
img_0796.jpg Grinding the ends.
img_0797.jpg Working on the Cartesian bot.
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img_0799.jpg Some of the acrylic parts weren't cut properly.