3D Printer Kit

Introduction

I recently purchased a inexpensive chineese clone of the Prusa I3 printer. ( note this is similar to the Prusa, perhaps more of a "rip off" of the popular Prusa printer than a copy ). As you can generally expect the instructions left a bit to be desired. This page will - when done - fill in some of these voids.

The kit I got was:

Generally it arrived in great shape, complete ( minus a tiny bit of hardware ), and with parts that fit well.

Orientation/Cable Routing

It is not obvious from the directions how you should route the wires, nor does the kit come with aids to routing. So I bought some of these xxxx and some of these. The orientation also has an impact or the routing, also not coverd in th directions.

Extruder

This includes a bunch of wires. I used the spiral wrap on all but the Z zero sensor ( maybe I should have included it but the thing seemed fat. The wires then go over the top on the left side. I added a cable tie anchor and used a cable tie to hold it in place. It is a bit of a reach to the controller board but seems ok.

Heated Bed

I looked at a lot of pictures on the web. Most people seemed to route out the front or the back. This brings the wires close to the Y axis belt and mechanisim. I decided that the wires should come out of the side near the power supply. Not sure if the wires should be grouped by the spiral cable wrap, so I used just a bit. Do not want to wrap and cause a drag on the Y axis.