3DPrintMi - Print. Make. Innovate.

Gada Prize Bronze Medalist

3DPrintMi combines the minimalistic, open frame style of the Printrbot/Wallace with the fixed Y Gantry system of the Mendel. The printed parts are designed to be produced rapidly, efficiently and assembled easily. A primary goal for this printer was to incorporate the maximum number of printed parts, thus enabling self replication. Built from the ground up, this Reprap requires very little tooling and does not need specially made parts (e.g. lasercut pieces) for it to function.
My first reprap was printed off the Printrbot+ and was dubbed the "Mutant Printrbot". The first iteration of my printer had several design flaws, which I corrected in the second iteration, named the '''3DPrintMi'''.

Here are the .STL files for printing, the .STEP files for CAD viewing and the BOM for part sourcing.

New Design - Aluminum 3DPrintMi
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:825277

Extruder and Hotend Mounts
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:137806

Documentations

• Developer's Change Log
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aYu1mVV19soNsKz4Otz3A2lwR6gOcMCqEjHCK4z0pQk/edit?usp=sharing
• Build log
  http://gyroe3dprinter.blogspot.com/
• General Info
  http://reprap.org/wiki/3DPrintMi
• Assembly Guide
  http://www.instructables.com/id/3DPrintMi-Assembly-Guide/

Mods that contributed to the 3DPrintMi

• Mickb's QUBD Extruder Mod
  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:43411
• Nophead's Z Coupling
  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9622
• Whosawhatsis' idler pulley (modified)
  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3970
• Vertical X axis design
  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11280