Prusa Archeology
Hello fellows
I just dug out, from the deepest bowels of my basement, an old Prusa 3D printer. It did work... 10 years ago, and using a Mac that I no longer have. Is there any chance to revive it? What it would take? What do I need to provide to you to even determine what model it is and what exactly I need to do to even confirm it's still functional?
Any, literally ANY help or advice will be highly appreciated.
RE: Prusa Archeology
this may be borderline OT but I wouldn't waste a second over it. Technology has moved on, significantly.
If you really want to, mail-order some generic PCBs and build your own Klipper printer around them (assuming voltages from the PSU aren't too exotic). But then, something breaks and you're stuck. Both ready-to-print 3D printers and kits can be sourced very cheaply nowadays,
IIuic this isn't strictly a Prusa, it's a kit machine supplied to a variant of Josef Prusa's published open hardware i3 design by a supplier called 3DPrinterCzar. This could be called the Mk0 generation.
The frame appears to be based on Shane Graber's laser cut design:-
https://github.com/sgraber/Prusa3_LC
And 3DPrinterCzar's build manual is at:
http://www.scribd.com/document/325889640/Prusa-i3-Build-Document-by-3D-Printer-Czar
[Don't try 3D Printer Czar's website, it's long since been taken over by malware spreaders]
There is a picture of a very similar model on: https://reprap.org/wiki/Prusa_i3_Variants
and you should be able to track archived slicer details suitable for incorporating into PrusaSlicer through https://reprap.org/ - but you *might* be able to get a suitable preset through Prusa as they do keep a few historical machines running, it's always worth asking.
Cheerio,