Stuff has arrived and stuff has been done

I’ve received all my main parts like:

Electronics

Filament (no, it’s not pink, just a bad camera)

Fasteners

Bearings, thermistors and the belts.
I’ve actually had the belts since earlier but split them last weekend. I don’t have a belt-splitter-jig so I took a piece of MDF and cut a 10mm groove in it. I then took a piece of wood of the same length, put the belt between the MDF and wood and tightened it in a vice (from the sides). I somewhat estimated the center with a scalpel and managed to split it perfectly by pulling it through. Hooray for me!

I’ve gotten less done after this than I wanted but the x (top) and y (bottom) stages have been finished (mechanical side, not the electrics). The y stage bearing arms “swing” from the outside so the screw heads don’t interfere with the extruder.

And the completed assembly:

I’ve been trying to “access” the motherboard with little success until today.

Using the Arduino software I managed to send “version” to the motherboard and got the answer “R3G Master v106″, it’s ALIVE! It’s like sending signals into outer space and suddenly getting a response =)