What's in the workshop? A 3D printer!

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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Well the Hypercube kit finally arrived from Ratrig (two weeks to get here from Portugal) and I have to say I am pretty underwhelmed. The extrusions are cut very accurately, but the angle brackets for joining the extrusions are straight outta Shenzhen They're supposed to have little tabs on them which align them with the grooves in the extrusion, but these are just tiny stumps which do nothing so its really difficult to get the frame square. By contrast, the brackets I printed for the CR-10, on the CR-10 are far sturdier and dimensionally accurate. I would have been better off printing the brackets for the 'cube while waiting for the extrusion to turn up.

I'll probably still order the extrusion for the Evo from them when the time comes since they're the only European supplier of black 3030 I can find, but I will source or print the hardware myself.

Pics of the frame later

It's all a bit of a bugger.
I ordered some tram bits from the only manufacturer who resides in the States. Ordered before Xmas and finally emailed him this week. Prompt reply, All manually made so it takes time to fulfill the orders.
Thanks for letting us know about the right angle brackets, probably like the plastic ones in MFI days. That is if you remember MFI.
We're looking at an Evo but on the higher side. Auto levelling, maybe tool changing, or multiple extruders feeding the one nozzle.
All pipe dreams at the moment just like my self dreiving trams.