I debated whether or not to start a new thread, or continue the other one. I decided a new thread would work better. So the kit did come in 2 weeks ago, but haven't had much time to build the printer. Between work, not feeling all the great last weekend, and also having a lot work left on the house my mom bought around here it's been hard to get the printer put. The parts came in large box, about 20lbs or so. It definitely requires a little assembly. Here's the three styrofoam trays the parts came in. The printer kit also comes with the tools needed to assemble the printer as well. That's pretty cool, something I wouldn't expect from a self assemble kit. Granted they're not high quality tools, but they should do the job.
So as not to bog down the thread with too many pics in one post, I'll be splitting up the assembly into multiple posts each time. The pieces are pretty well labeled, there's several small bags containing the screws, nuts, bolts, and springs that go into assembling the printer. The instructions come on a flash drive, and you can also download them as well. The company that makes it also has YouTube videos of how to assemble the printer. Here's the bags that have all the screws, bolts, etc.. These are the first parts to put together, they make up the main structure of the frame. They look to be CNC cut, the cut quality is really good, no burs or crooked cuts. I did notice one thing, I'll point it out later. The parts, as can be seen still are covered in protective paper. It was a bitch to get the paper off the first piece, but once I got the hang of it on the second side I was able to get the paper off much easier on the rest of the parts. Here's what the parts look like after getting the paper off the parts.
Since the instructions do you what size and how screws and nuts to use on the parts, the assembly wasn't too hard. There's small notches built into the parts where you place the nuts, and the notches keep the nuts from turning when you put the screws in. Here's how the nuts sit in the notches. Here's what the main structure frame looks like after the first four parts are assembled.
In the above pic, there are two corner braces that will end up holding vertical worm gears. Those go in next.
Here's a bunch of small parts used to attach stop switches, circuit boards, and other small parts. So here's where I did run into a small problem. There were some missing screw holes in one of the pieces that support the Y axis control motor and also serves as the heated bed support. The piece with the long wire is the Y axis stop switch. Below is where there were missing holes, I was able to drill them out pretty easy by marking where the holes are supposed to go and drilling them out with the right sized drill bit. This is a pulley and frame for the Y axis drive belt. Here's the Y axis drive frame and heated bed support attached to the frame.
