I had to attend a meeting in Johannesburg today, so on the way back I drove past Mantech Electronics and PTFE Plastics. At Mantech I picked up the Hall effect sensors for the endstops, as well as some thermistors. The ones that I could get is too big to fit on the heated bed, but at least I can get testing, and at less than ZAR1-00 per thermistor it is not expensive.
PTFE Plastics supplies the tubing for the Bowden tube (from the extractor to the hot-end). I purchased some 4mm OD, 2mm ID tube (I'm configuring the Morgan for 1.75mm filament). Oh, and I ordered some ABS filament from Filament Factory in Roodepoort. Best price I've seen, we'll see about quality.
I'm pretty much set now to start assembling the printer as soon as the printed parts arrive. Those are being printed now at MorganHQ (at House4Hack in Centurion), the new base of operations for Quentin (designer of Morgan).
In the mail, still to be received, are the stepper drivers and hot-end. In the mean time I am familiarising myself with the Morgan firmware. Not that it is necessary to know how it works, only for myself.
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