Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
Hi there,
I recently built my Prusa i3 MK2 kit, and so far it's been going really well. One issue I'm seeing however is that the Rambo cover/case doesn't seem to be threaded properly, so I can't use the 40mm screw to close it. I was hoping to print a new version, but noticed that the material used was clearly different from the other parts, and didn't seem like it was ABS (at first glance seems to be PETG?).
Anyway, I was hoping I could get an answer as to which material was used to print out the electronics-related parts of the kit, including the Rambo case and power supply mount. I have some black PETG around so was hoping that would do the trick. Thanks in advance!
--Casey
Re: Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
doesn't the 40mm screw use a captive nut
regards Joan
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Re: Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
It totally does! I guess I missed it at that step in the manual, thanks. That said, it oddly seems to indicate you should use a normal hex nut instead of the included square nut on the step 8 box/illustration ( says to use 5x m3n nuts) - might be worth changing that.
Would still love to hear the material if anyone knows. I'm considering modifying it to add a raspberry pi holder or sometime in the future :).
Re: Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
Rambo cover is PETG, yes..
Orange parts are ABS
Re: Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
Any particular reason to use PETG there? Does the RAMBO board get particularly hot?
- Gab
Re: Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
Last i heard was that supposedly Josef Prusa himself said even PLA would be OK for the MK2 parts.
Never tried to to prove/disprove this.
I did reprint my Rambo lid in PLA no problems there, but i am still using the "original" PETG bottom part of the cover.
Re: Rambo Cover/Electrical Printed Parts Material
I actually think it's due to flexibility. When I was messing around with the hinges and trying to get the cover closed I definitely flexed the case a bit. I'm not 100% sure PETG is more flexible, but it did feel the ABS printed parts were a bit more rigid.