Jadoo's All in one

I rushed into this project a bit too quickly and didnt spend enough time working out the kinks with the h-bot style gantry. for that style of gantry to work well i really needed to better match the linear bearings... by about halfway thru i realized a number of solutions for my design flaws but to do any decent upgrades i would need to scrap a good portion of pretty difficult to machine parts. now that i have a 3d printer and a small tig/mig/stick welder i might revisit the idea later on.

The first hobbed gear tested didnt have quite enough grip so i cut another with deeper grooves, that in turn gave better results but marred the filament making jams more likely. Will test it more once the z axis is further along...

In the hunt for heaters to use in the heated build chamber i ran across an old toaster which seems to fit the bill fine. At about 400w apiece they should be able to warm the heated build chamber. 

This past weekend I dove in and finished the end stops the stage now seems to home nicely aside from one off spec polished rod, which doesn't travel as smoothly as the others. Aside from the wiring I have milled a mounting bracket for a depth gauge which I will use to calibrate the bed.