I'm building an new mendel with very easily avaible parts.
I use 20*20 square aluminum tube wall 1.5mm so i get an inner square 17*17mm.
all the parts are from ABS printed on my prusa
the size is slightly bigger than a prusa specially in height.
I use 4* 10 mm threaded rod and 10mm smooth rods 3LM10UU bearings
there is enough room for a double extruder
no special part difficult to buy
vertical installation for the X axis for easier access to the extruder and easy fitting with fan for the upper side of the hotend and the part for pla
I can post more pic and file as soon as the printer is finished, I'm building the frame for now
do you have suggestion ?
do you find it interesting ?
the good point is the price of the tubes 5 euro the meter you need 4 for the printer, 2 meter of low grade threaded rod 10mm 1 meter of high grade inox threaded rod for the z axis (in france inox threaded rod are machined instead of rolled , meaning the thread are of very good quality) 3 meters off 10mm smooth rod