Printrbot Build: Part 2

Dillon Nichols
My Life as a Tinkerer
3 min readJul 5, 2012

I finished assembling my Printrbot LC last night. I still have to calibrate everything and make adjustments, but I now have a 3D printer that I am able to control over Pronterface. You can view the assembly from Part 1 here. Below is a video of the printer moving each of the stepper motors, and below the break are the photos from the build.

Attach the linear bearings to the bridge
Guide for the X and Z drives
For the X-drive belt
Assembled right side
Working on the left side
X-drive motor mount
Left side assembled
Extruder holder
Most frustrating wooden piece to assemble
Finally together (Although backwards)
Mounting the extruder holder on the rods
Bolted in place
Ready to mount the extruder
Mounted on
Putting together the Z-drive threaded rods
Threaded rods in place
Mechanical assembly complete
Power supply box
Power supply out of the box
Big mess of wires
Everything attached
It’s finished!

I’m excited that I have finally assembled my 3D printer. Now comes the boring part of getting everything calibrated and working correctly. Hopefully it goes quick, because I really want to start printing!

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Dillon Nichols
My Life as a Tinkerer

Electrical engineer: hardware/firmware; tinkerer; hobbyist; amateur fabricator;