Just a cool idea, when I have some money to spare I may do this.
Originally shared by Geeky Gadgets
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/e-waste-3d-printer-created-for-less-than-100-using-old-pc-parts-12-12-2014/
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/e-waste-3d-printer-created-for-less-than-100-using-old-pc-parts-12-12-2014
I’d like to see how they get to $60 total cost mentioned on instructables.
While this is a cool little project, you can do MUCH better than this using eBay electronics and parts salvaged from old ink jet printers or flatbed scanners.
They do suggest a RAMPS as one option. I didn’t see how they tabulated their price.
Printers and scanners will help build a larger machine, but my experience is you’d need to disassemble six scanners to get six linear rods, and hope you at least get matching pairs.
Stripping mechanical parts off of machinery doesn’t do squat about the electronics.
@Jeff_DeMaagd , really old printers often have NEMA steppers in them. I’m starting to scavenge for my own project and have found two NEMA11 and one NEM14. They seem like they’ll be useful for a small/slow little printer.
I think the M3D printer uses motors in that size range. Some people use NEMA 14 motors for extruders on normal machines. 11s might be doable, if the design and use accommodates for it.
I read the components list and saw it needed an arduino, so I was wondering if you could hook up a raspberry pi to it and still function the way it should