QUOTE(OoiTY @ Mar 26 2012, 09:58 PM)
Hey guys, sorry for not posting for a while.
I was trying to look for sources for Aluminium extrusions as well as leadscrews locally, without much success. Mitsumi Malaysia requires you to be a registered company to purchase from them, while another company that I asked quotes from was too pricey.
Tl;dr, I got everything overseas.
I promised I'd give you a list of shops and a breakdown of the prices and here they are;
Electronics; I got a Sanguinololu (with the FDTI pre-soldered) as well as a set of 4x Pololus from Emakershop - About USD$106.5
NEMA 17 Motors; Got a lot of 10 motors from China, which is perfect for two machines. Ebay link - USD$103.88
Hotend; J-Head MK IV, Lots of good reviews, and it looks pretty good! Got it here. - USD$54.99
Hardware; Aluminium extrusions, leadscrews and precision rods. Got these from mendelmax's store, it's hard to beat his price, even when you include shipping into the number. Mendelmax Store. - $325
Additional vitamins; One important vitamin that was out of stock from Mendelmax's store was the GT2 belt; I asked the site owner about this and he just can't keep it in stock; he had to take it down from the website because he was backordered too far. I put in an order for a length over here instead; Techpaladin's store. - $8
More vitamins; I also got a bunch of 608zz and linear bearings, as well as fans off ebay. Costed me about $60
Printed parts; I didn't have enough time to print all of the parts, so I found someone off the Reprap IRC channel to help me print out the rest -$45
Keep in mind, that the prices I listed above don't include shipping. Also, I'm buying parts to build two printers at once. With that in mind, the total cost for everything, with shipping included is USD$1123.24, which makes one printer $561.62. Pretty close to my estimated budget.
Edit - I just realised, I ordered an extra leadscrew and other parts, which I included in that final price, so if we're talking strictly about these printers that I'm building here, it's slightly less than the total I listed by about $40-50 for both.
I've already received the electronics, I'll be taking pictures and posting a worklog of soldering the components and assembling the printer here soon!
kinda pricyI was trying to look for sources for Aluminium extrusions as well as leadscrews locally, without much success. Mitsumi Malaysia requires you to be a registered company to purchase from them, while another company that I asked quotes from was too pricey.
Tl;dr, I got everything overseas.
I promised I'd give you a list of shops and a breakdown of the prices and here they are;
Electronics; I got a Sanguinololu (with the FDTI pre-soldered) as well as a set of 4x Pololus from Emakershop - About USD$106.5
NEMA 17 Motors; Got a lot of 10 motors from China, which is perfect for two machines. Ebay link - USD$103.88
Hotend; J-Head MK IV, Lots of good reviews, and it looks pretty good! Got it here. - USD$54.99
Hardware; Aluminium extrusions, leadscrews and precision rods. Got these from mendelmax's store, it's hard to beat his price, even when you include shipping into the number. Mendelmax Store. - $325
Additional vitamins; One important vitamin that was out of stock from Mendelmax's store was the GT2 belt; I asked the site owner about this and he just can't keep it in stock; he had to take it down from the website because he was backordered too far. I put in an order for a length over here instead; Techpaladin's store. - $8
More vitamins; I also got a bunch of 608zz and linear bearings, as well as fans off ebay. Costed me about $60
Printed parts; I didn't have enough time to print all of the parts, so I found someone off the Reprap IRC channel to help me print out the rest -$45
Keep in mind, that the prices I listed above don't include shipping. Also, I'm buying parts to build two printers at once. With that in mind, the total cost for everything, with shipping included is USD$1123.24, which makes one printer $561.62. Pretty close to my estimated budget.
Edit - I just realised, I ordered an extra leadscrew and other parts, which I included in that final price, so if we're talking strictly about these printers that I'm building here, it's slightly less than the total I listed by about $40-50 for both.
I've already received the electronics, I'll be taking pictures and posting a worklog of soldering the components and assembling the printer here soon!