Reprap Project Update

So, it just occured to me that I haven’t updated on the status of the reprap in a while. Obviously, I didn’t finish the metal mendel, although my partner in crime is moving the project forward while he stays for summer school. I think the metal mendel will be finished by the time summer is over, too: we were at least halfway done, and now he has a bunch more time on his hands to put into the project.

Despite not finishing the metal mendel, I still want a reprap of some sort (there’s a reason I bought two sets of electronics), and I’ve opted for the recently developed mini-mendel. I got the RP parts, just ordered the motors and bearings, and am now waiting for more money so I can get the rest of the mechanical bits, plus extruder RP parts and bits, plus enough stuff to get my boards working again (they’re in pretty poor shape right now, I’m sorry to say). So, I have stuff, but I’m not quite ready to move forward. There’s also the small matter of stubborn de-soldering jobs I’ll have to do…

Basically, there is a very high probability that I will have a reprap by the end of the summer.