Tag: MK2

The mains input sockets for the Mark2 printers arrived today – I had some fun wiring them up, and I think they’re going to be included in the printers going forwards.

I’m almost at the point where I need to lock the design down and start kitting things for the December launch – a pretty daunting prospect, I must say. Before I finalise things, there’s one last idea for an improvement that I’ve been thinking about for a while – and

Testing out the integrated spool holder today – let’s see how well this thing works!

Prototype frame is in from the laser cutters! Time to start testing stuff!

After a few months of working on the design in the background, I’m ready to get the first prototype frame cut. Check below the break for images of the current design!

I thought I’d take the time today to talk about a few of the things I’m doing during development of the MK2 printer to address a few problems in the MK1, and how I’m trying to keep the design as flexible as possible.

I’ve been selling Prusa Mendel i3 kits on Aus3D for a while now. The kits I’ve been selling so far (which I’ll refer to as MK1 kits from here onwards), are fairly decent kits. I didn’t design them, they were designed and manufactured in China – I’ve been buying them