Here's what I did today; sorting out the diagonal tie rods and attempting to get the whole thing square. Haven't even nearly succeeded yet; a tape measure really isn't the best tool for the job. I have to dig into my post-move boxes and see if I can find my long straight edge.I also discovered that the instructions suddenly end just before explaining how to set up the Y drive assembly. Tut tut. I've got enough info and photos from the reprap forums to get by, thankfully.
And here's what Buzz (assisted later on by Doug) did today. The driver boards are all nicely mounted on a sheet of cardboard, wired together and tested with a basic Reprap Gen 2 firmware on the Arduino. Sadly no 5D firmware for us until I get everything working and can look into replacing the dc motor extruder with a stepper driven one instead.The ATX power supply I'd modified to use for the Rapman somehow died since the last time I fired it up a few days ago - which bugs me no end since I had pretty much used it non stop since 2001; it was the most robust PSU I've ever had. :(
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