Kossel Mini – Electron Hacks

Kossel Mini 3D Printer Accessories and Modifications

September 1, 2014March 2, 2014 by jhottell

Here are some 3D printer accessories and modifications I couldn’t live without.

RAMPS 3D Printer Electronics Enclosure

September 1, 2014March 2, 2014 by jhottell

When you build your own 3D printer you can put the electronics just about anywhere. I chose a RAMPS 1.4 enclosure off of Thingiverse and then modified the sides to my liking.

Kossel Mini 3D Printer Heated Aluminum Print surface

September 1, 2014February 7, 2014 by jhottell

I finally came to the point where I had to figure out a heated bead for my Kossel Mini 3D printer. It is OK to print smaller objects using PLA plastic without a heated bed however to print larger objects or use ABS you must have a heated bed to prevent warpage.

Greg’s Accessible Extruder Assembly for Kossel Mini

September 1, 2014February 6, 2014 by jhottell

I started out with Airtripper’s direct drive extruder on my 3D printer and while I liked it a lot I found out that normal stepper motors will not work. You need a hefty stepper motor and even at that I doubt the ramps stepper drivers can handle it. It is suggested to use a gear reduced stepper with something like a 4:1 step down, these are fairly expensive so I opted to build a Greg’s extruder which has the approximant 4:1 step down that I needed.

Powering the Kossel Mini 3D printer and modifying an ATX PC Power Supply

September 1, 2014January 3, 2014 by jhottell

You can easily power a 3D printer using an ATX PC power supply. You will need to connect the green PS-ON wire to ground to power the supply on.