Making Progress, But Not Really

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I haven't achieved my first deliverable yet. By now I was hoping to have all the mechanical parts for my 3-D printer but unfortunately that has yet to happen. I am planning on ordering parts in the next couple days, as well as going to the hardware store to get the threaded rods, nuts, bolts, and a few other things.

The frame I am going to use.

I have still been working on my project. I spent the past few days contacting the sellers of the various parts about compatibility and the best type of frame. I have decided to purchase this frame from eBay. I chose this one over the other do to cost and stability. After speaking with the seller I decided I am going to purchase this set of printed parts as the seller of my frame. I still need to research the bearings and couplings that I need. If everything goes to plan I should have all my parts together by the new year.

The inspiration for my table

Side Project: Table

As I was researching the printer I saw many people complain about the instability of a single plate frame. That's one of the reasons I chose the melamine frame above. A common tip of the people who build these is to have a stable place to build and operate there printer on. Stability is key for good prints and proper calibration. Since I don't have a large table that I can build my printer on I decided to build one. As I was browsing the internet I saw a table like what I was planning on building.

The table that I have pictured is built out of old pallets, you know the things forklifts pickup at Costco. This is a big plus for me as it puts my cost at zero because many businesses throw them out. Im planning to get mine from a copier store.

My table will be different from the one pictured. I'm planning on making it about 5 feet by 3 feet. This should get me plenty of space to build it. I think I am going to lay the slats on top of a piece of particle board, glue them down, than sand, stain and seal. I'm probably going to make the legs out of the 2x4s the pallets come sitting on top of. I might also route out a lip on the top edge so that I have somewhere to put parts without it rolling away. I'll be sure to update my progress, Hopefully next time I'll have made some progress on the printer.