My first print on the Graber i3, with an Aluhotend. Repetier Firmware, Slic3r, Repetier Host. Calibration cube, meant to be 20x20x10mm. Pretty happy with this. Got 20.5, 20.9, 9.8mm, printing at 0.1. The Z is definitely bed calibration, wasnt perfect.
Didnt want to put pic up of printer with wires all over the place, but I did anyway.
Thanks for your design @Shane_Graber .
Awesome! Any suggestions for improvements?
Endstop mounts? I had to use masking tape and a glue gun to keep them in place till I can print some off. Also, there is a frame screw that doesn’t line up, under the left z-motor. We added a hole in the middle of the frame across the top to feed hot end wires through. And if anyone else that you know of is thinking of doing acrylic, tell them to not tighten the X pieces too much, I have some cracks in mine.
Yeah that’s one thing that’s in the works - endstop mounts.
FWIW I just ziptied mine to the smooth rods.
Hadn’t thought of zip ties to smooth rods. Will give it a go. I also need to get rubber feet for the slightly faster prints.
FYI I got the ziptie idea from Josef Prusa as that’s how he does them on his i3. It works rather well overall.
Awesome, how did you do the y-endstop? I have a masking tape hack at the moment.
All three axes use the ziptie method. The y-endstop is placed on the left smoothrod at the back. The LM8UU triggers it when it homes.
I think I have mine homing differently, towards the lcd screen panel, but should work either way. Thanks!
Cool, @Shane_Graber have you got a picture which shows the mount? I’ m building now my “Graber”.

