A lot has happened since my last post. I was not very happy with the way my Kossel performed and I decided to rebuild it. While I was at it, I thought I might as well upgrade the printer to a Kossel XL. This is the result:

I added one safety measurement, I added two MOSFETs to avoid high current running through the Arduino.

Anet A8

Printing is nice, building a printer much nicer

So, I ordered an Anet A8 in China and built it in just over 1 day.

All the orange parts are upgrades as mentioned all over the internet.

First step was to print filament spool holders. I found this on thingiverse. (where almost all of my modifications originate from) This is the original: www.thingiverse.com/thing:318212

Next step: get rid of the noise! Not only a lot of noise but also a lot of vibration on the table driving my family nuts This upgrade comes from the site where I bought the 3D Printer kit. I bought the bearings via ebay.

Following step is to get rid of “lying around” electronics.  Smart LCD mount

And the Arduino MEGA & RAMPS 1.4 mount. (two pieces, also found on thingiverse)

Last addition is two LED holders. (Again, found on thingiverse)

(BTW: the LED lights came from Hong Kong at no shipping costs. Really amazing)

Resulting in the current setup:

Next steps would be a solution for the power adapter and extending some wires to be able to tidy them. Besides that I am working on a wooden box for transportation purposes.

At the office a colleague (being also an artist) created a penguin.

With the app 123D Catch I turned the penguin into a 3D model.

This is the model:

En this is the result:

One of the first objects I printed and although the nice detail, I learned that with very smal objects, the software has has trouble with preparing the object to print.

Recently I recreated another model of the penguin. (without the flower garland)

And the printed result:

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