My package has arrived. Can’t say I’m too happy about shipping. Shipping + Duty taxes was 1/4 of the total price.
First Order
Included in the package is my Greg’s Wade Extruder parts. The site I ordered from didn’t have any of the hardware in stock for it, so I’m going to order a hardware kit from a local (Canadian) supplier. But the plastic is pretty good, it looks like it’s accurate and everything seems to fit well
Wade Plastic Parts
Next up is the latest J-Head. Wow, was I ever surprised by the size. It’s half the size I was expecting. All the pictures on the internet of the thing did’t prepare me at all to how small it is. I threw in a AAA battery to help with the scale. It is tiny, and I’m going to need tiny hands to assemble it.
J-Head Hot End
Next up is the electronics, I wasn’t expecting a lot of the extra stuff I got with it. A nice little SD Card slot adaptor, some wires/connections, what looks like heat-bed sensors, tiny terminal screw-driver all in a nice little plastic protective case. Gotta hand it to Ultibots. They seem to definitely have a professional setup here.
RAMPS + Controller + Servo Controllers
Lastly, a big old roll of ABS. I’m happy it came with a nice spool. I’m sure I’ll be reusing this spool a lot when I buy more material later.
ABS (Green)
So my next step is to get the Wade extruder hardware on order, and a heat-bed. I’ll probably throw in a roll of PLA into my order as well.
While I wait for those to come in, I’ll work on getting the servo’s and end-stop sensors hooked up. Secure the board and a power-supply. Probably drop my own program into the Arduino, and make sure these servo controllers can handle the servo’s I already have on board.