This should have been posted before the last one for some background, better late than never. The printer design that I chose was the Reprap Prusa Mendel. I chose it manly because it was the most affordable option at the time. It was also well documented and widely built. For the electronics I am using RAMPS from UltiMachine, Unless you have alot of time and good soldering skills I would suggest to get the complete kit. It comes with everything you need but motors. The hotend I am using is the J-head MK-IVb. I also have a Heated print bed as well. The plastic parts are a mix of PLA and ABS. The bushings on the Y and Z axis are felt, and the X axis uses the PLA lm8uu form factor bushings by triffid_hunter.
Now all that being said the printer is always changing on an almost weekly basis. I am also in the process of getting ready to build a variation on the printrbot, now called Reprap Wallace. So I will have a build log on that in the coming weeks.
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