I have decided to revive my sorely neglected blog with a series of posts about my latest project, 3D Printing.
3D Printing is something I have been interested in for some time now, and last Christmas I finally decided to jump in and give it a go.
The idea behind the RepRap project is that to reduce the cost of entry into the 3d printing world the majority of the custom parts for each printer can be printed by a similar printer, all other components, nuts, bolts etc. can be picked up at consumer electronics and hardware stores.
This is my RepRapPro Huxley 3D Printer. 
The Huxley is the smallest of the RepRap designs, although that does not deter designers from designing massive objects that are made from snap together components. This particular printer came as a kit from RepRapPro, a company set up as a a collaboration between the inventor of the RepRap 3D printer, Adrian Bowyer, and Emaker.
The printer is capable of printing objects in a couple of different plastics. The one I use is PLA, a bio-plastic made from corn starch. It is also possible to print in ABS, the same material Lego is made with.
Over the next few weeks, if all goes to plan, I will be posting articles about some of the things I have created with this fantastic engineering tool, some of the tricks I have learned to get the most out of the printer, and some of the changes I have made to the already fantastic design.
I see that you have started to make changes already! What are the add-ons to the right hand side of the main controller board? Looking forward to more blogs – if only to feed me with ideas of where I can go with my RRP Huxley which is now ‘on the road’ after several weeks of inactivity which were down to a faulty controller board – now all fine and dandy.
Glad to hear your printer is now up and running! The PCB on the right is a floating point unit I am playing with, and (under the fpu debug interface) there is some sensor hardware for the bed probe, which sort of works, but could do with some work.