My Reprap Prusa i3 Kit [ second of a multipart blog] - The Build!

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Clik here to view.This past weekend, I finally had the time to start building my Reprap Prusa i3 3D Printer,  which I ordered a few weeks ago from  Shenzhen Sunhokey Electronics Co., Ltd. onAliexpress.com

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The kit came with a DVD which included about a dozen videos of the step-by-step assembly process.  There is no speech in the videos, just some background music, and periodic overlay of the hardware required to assemble each step.

The videos run at a fairly leisurely pace, but yes... I did have to pause them many times to keep up. 

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Here's a sample video to show you what 

the process looks like.

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 The build started fairly smoothly, with the X-axis motor block and opposite belt tensioner slider assemblies. (Yeah, I'm too lazy to look up the official names of these two components)

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My Assistant and fellow builder - Camden, found himself getting rather tired, early into the build! But, like a trooper, he put in a good couple hours.  Thank you Camden.

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Next came Z-Axis Motor brackets, end stops, and then the frame and rails for the Y-Axis heated bed

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I wrapped up for the weekend at this point.  Two days of "duration", and about 6 hours of "effort".   

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The next three articles over the upcoming week will be: 

1) wiring all of the motors, switches, heaters, etc to the control board and firing it up.   

2) calibrating and troubleshooting (probably not in that order!)  

3) finally running a first print. 

Cheers.