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| My broken soldering iron |
Next package to arrive was a new soldering iron. I bought a very cheap one on ebay. One would think its just a heating element, so even a cheap one is good right? Wrong. After like 5 minutes of usage, I saw sparks coming out of the metal part. I send a message to tk-stores-494 but still haven't got a reply. They really sell junk, never buy anything there. As I wasn't getting a reply and shipping it back to them would probably just be more expensive then buying a new one, I decided to open it to see what was broken. It was all burned inside. That should really not happen after just 5 minutes.
As it was broken beyond repair, I ordered a new and more expensive one from an other store. The new one hasn't arrived yet.
The next day two packages arrived. The smaller package contained the extruder parts I ordered from reifsnyderb with a .5mm and .35mm nozzle. The nozzles are easy to exchange and everything looks sturdy. The bigger package contained the filament I ordered from reprapsource. It was nicely packaged and they even added a small sample of their black filament. I tried inserting the filament in the extruder, and it fitted nicely.
Today the plastic parts from nophead arrived. The box was smaller then I expected, but it was full of plastic. The parts are nicely made and have almost no errors. I hope I can make stuff with the same quality when my Mendel is finally working. To have a better look at them and see if nothing was missing, I laid the parts out on my desk. After comparing them to a requirement-list, it seems I am missing two x-bar-clamp-m3 and two x-motor-bracket-space. It is an old list, so its possible that these parts aren't needed anymore. I'll only know the answer for sure once I start building my Mendel. If anyone knows the answer, feel free to let me know in a reply. It seems its complete, I should learn to watch more carefully before posting.
That's all that has arrived for now. I'll post updates when more stuff arrives or when I did something else worth mentioning.
That's all that has arrived for now. I'll post updates when more stuff arrives or when I did something else worth mentioning.
Hi Tman,
ReplyDeleteThe spacers are no longer required for the new motor bracket and you need to cut your x-bars shorter.
There are 6 x-bar-clamp-m3 parts required, and I can see them on the picture. They look like hump back bridges.
Thanks for letting me know. I must have mixed up the m3 and m4 x-bar-clamps. In the table on top of the page there must be a wrong image shown for the m3 part and that made me think the 4 m4 parts were the m3 parts. Very confusing. In the image below the table they have other names and amounts required. So it is complete. Sorry about that.
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