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MAKE MENDEL

Page 8

Hotend and Electronics

Quantity

Part

Drawing

5

Stepper Motors-NEMA 17

3

StepperMotor Extension Cable

2

T2.5 Timing Pulley_5mmBore (For 

X-Y Motor)

1

J HotEnd with Cartridge heater

2

J-Hotend Extension Cable

1

Printrboard REV D Electronics         
Board

1

Jumper for PrintrBoard

1

LCD

1

LCD flat cable

1

LCD connection PCB

1

Micro SD

3

Mechanical switch with 3 pin 

Molex Connector

1

Z Prusa cable

1

Thermistor G550 EPCOS

2

Teflon sleeve

3

2 pin Teflon Molex connector

1

Cooling Fan 60 x 60

1

USB Printer cable

Summary of Contents for MegaBot

Page 1: ...n 3D printer capable of printing 3D objects of PLA plastic uses high quality Linear motion guides So it is very easy to build Self locking design ensures rigid frame with easy steps Without need of an...

Page 2: ...It uses high quality linear motion guides 2 LCD Controller Support 3 Acme Lead screw with nut 4 Spring Printrbed Adjustment which keep Printbed more stable 5 Printrboard and Power Supply are adjusted...

Page 3: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 3 Assembly of MegaBot...

Page 4: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 4 Part List For MegaBot Acrylic Sheets Qty Part Drawing 1 RightPlate 1 LeftPlate 1 XPlate 1 FrontPlate 1 BackPlate 1 TopPlate 1 BottomPlate...

Page 5: ...1 ExtruderBasePlate 1 ExtruderMotorPlate 1 Driven Holder 1 Idler Holder 2 X Rail Top Plate 4 TopSmoothRodCap 2 with Counter sink for Front Side 4 BottomSmoothRodCap 1 Acrylic Support for Z Mechanical...

Page 6: ...l Switch 1LCD 9 M2 5 Sada Nut 6Mechanical Switch 3LCD 17 M3x12 SocketCap Screw Motor Mounting 23 M3x15 SocketCap Screw 20Rail 3Extruder mounting plate 31 M3x20 SocketCap screw 16FlangeBearing 8FlangeN...

Page 7: ...cal switch 22 624 Bearing Belt Idler 2 623 Bearing Extruder 2 Flange nut 4 Flange bearing 2 Coupling 5 _8 2 Soft Spring 1Extruder 1ZSwitch 4 Hard spring PrintBed 3 Dummy Rails 1 Forceps 1 FeviQuick 35...

Page 8: ...otor 1 J HotEnd with Cartridge heater 2 J Hotend Extension Cable 1 Printrboard REV D Electronics Board 1 Jumper for PrintrBoard 1 LCD 1 LCD flat cable 1 LCD connection PCB 1 Micro SD 3 Mechanical swit...

Page 9: ...the Rail Put dummy rail on block before removing it 4 pin Molex Connector We give one extra Cooling Fan Cooling Fan are needed for ABS If you are using PLA there is no need of Cooling fan Hotend We pr...

Page 10: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 10 List of Frames 2x Side Plates Front Plate Back Plate XPlate...

Page 11: ...motors at the Bottom plate 3 Use Z Prusa cable to connect two Z motors whose one end will go to Printrboard Z Mechanical Switch Assembly 1 Using Acrylic part and Screws M2 5 x 25 given place the mecha...

Page 12: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 12 FRAME ASSEMBLY Fix Two side plates with Bottom Plate Using plastic ties Mechanical Switch To Limit the Mechanical Switch...

Page 13: ...1 Now we will assemble X Plate 2 Put Rail along with block on X Plate Rail is pre assembly by our team 3 Put two acrylic blocks on Rail Block 4 On Top of that put the extruder which is pre assembled...

Page 14: ...emble X Mechanical switch on X plate Use M2 5 x 25 Screw to fix it at proper place Mechanical switch is soldered to two pin Molex already which will go to Printrboard X STOP 6 Your X Plate is ready wi...

Page 15: ...sing M3x20 Cap Screws 3 Assemble the other side Support plate following step no 1 2 4 Both Side Printbed Support plates are ready with us Assembly of Rods 1 Facing machine from front rod assembly for...

Page 16: ...ded at the center of Bottom plate Place Smooth rods on either side of lead screw Fix the base of smooth rod in smooth rod caps using screws 4 Repeat step no 2 3 to do assembly of rods on right hand si...

Page 17: ...ds help while fixing glass to hold it from other side 2 Using plastic Ziplock ties fix the Glass from all the 4 Corners 3 Use the small 8 x acrylic Blocks given They are to give support to glass print...

Page 18: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 18...

Page 19: ...set of 624 Bearings M4x40 Socket Mudguard M4 washer and M4 Nylock nut Top Plate Assembly 1 Place the two motors at each corner of Top plate using M3 x 12 screws fix T2 5 pulleys to the motor shaft 2 O...

Page 20: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 20 3 Turn around your Top plate Put already assembled X plate on rail blocks Use screws to fix it move X plate forth and back just to check the Rapid movement...

Page 21: ...juster and T2 5 Pulley on Top plate See below image for the places where they should be placed 5 Place Bearing stack on X plate Use Bearing Support of X plate They should be place on four corners of x...

Page 22: ...tie it Start to fix the T2 5 belt from one side of Extruder base plate 2 Complete the belt round through Pulley belt Adjuster and Bearing stack at X plate and finish it to opposite side of extruder ba...

Page 23: ...7 You are done with top plate assembly Now put all the frames together Starting from Bottom plate Your frame with Rods Glass Printbed is ready Just put the top frame and your machine is ready to prin...

Page 24: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 24 STEP 8 J HOTEND SOLDERING We have already given you pre soldered Hotend with the Kit So you do not need to do below steps...

Page 25: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 25 1 Thermistor with Kapton tape and Teflon sleeve 2 Teflon Wire with 4 Pin Molex connector Solder the yellow and grey wire to resistor Solder the Red wire to thermistor...

Page 26: ...ap between resistor and brass block of hotend 4 Final Assembling of J head hotend Extruder Note Set Extuder Temperature to 185 Degree allow it to heat up to 180 degree then only hit Extrude Button on...

Page 27: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 27 STEP 9 Electrical wiring Printrboard Place PrintrBoard on Acrylic Board with Cap Screw M3x12 Connect the cables as shown above...

Page 28: ...ot need to change any firmware if you have purchased entire MegaBot Orca Kit from us 3 Install Pronterface With Slic3r http makemendel com support 1 downloads 4 Set Baud rate as 250000 5 Note You have...

Page 29: ...MAKE MENDEL Page 29 Printer Images...

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