On the left is my 1st calibration print with my Prusa, on the right is my Prusa Mendel motor block. I am officially heart broken.
I use Makergear .5mm big head nozzle, heatercore, PEEK thermal barrier, ACME threaded rods, a Brustruder, Teflon filament feeder tube from my horizontal filament spool... I have spend a YEAR getting my Makerbot calibrated to the point where most people can't believe I get the quality I do. I mean, heck I have had over 1000 people download MY calibration set on Thingiverse.
And here I am !1ST! print off my Prusa, and it looks better than my Makerbot print. This Home made Prusa just blew my Makerbot out of the water BEFORE calibaration.
I don't know if you can see it in these photos, but there is no visible Z wobble on my Prusa, but even with the ACME rods, there is a very slight wobble in my MB.
Here is a video of my getting as excited as a little school girl over a box :)
And here is a video giving you the sound difference between my two machines
Now I go onto printing on Makerbot, Calibrating Prusa White, and building Prusa Pink. I know I am hugely behind on the goal for the week, 2-3 family emergencies, and learning the eccentricity of Gen6, Repsnapper, and 5d firmware took a bit more than I was expecting. But it all came out in the end :)
On to printer 3!
BTW Prusa White thank you list.
Mendel-Parts.com for the Gen6 Electronics & motors
Ultimachine.com for the PLA
Ultimachine for the Skeinforge Settings
Makergear for the Hot end
Eckerteck for the hobbed bolt
Lowes Hardware for the wood
My local plastic supply Triad Plasticfor the Acrylic
My local fastener supplies Automotive Fasteners and Salem Supply for the fasteners, tool rod, and threaded.
But the largest thanks has to go to Makerbot & Makergear. Makerbot for getting me off the fence about the kit over a year ago with their great price at the time, and Makergear for spending a year giving me wonderful customer service helping to get my Makerbot reliable.
And of course Klimnent, Prusajr, Tesla, Makergear_Rick, arspitfire, Camiel, Spec, and ALL the others for answer 1000 stupid questions in the RepRap IRC
