Anticipation
Aug. 30th, 2011 11:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleySounds like my RepRap is about to ship, I may have it by the weekend. They emailed me this morning letting me know that they didn't have any RAMPS 1.3 kits left, would I mind a RAMPS 1.4 kit, the caveat being that there's some surface-mount soldering? It's just electrolytic caps and some SMT resistors, so I said "sure." They also offered a completed 1.3 electronics set, but I figured they could save that for someone that needed it, the 1.4 kit is only maybe 45 minutes of soldering and should be fun.
They also apparently had some trouble with the 5/16" stainless steel threaded rod so they want to substitute M8 metric rod. I'm all for that anyway, I friggin' hate imperial hardware (sorry, battle cruiser fans) and wish metric would have taken hold back in the 70s when we tried it the first time. I only ordered a "hybrid" metric/imperial unit because they usually ship faster.
They also apparently had some trouble with the 5/16" stainless steel threaded rod so they want to substitute M8 metric rod. I'm all for that anyway, I friggin' hate imperial hardware (sorry, battle cruiser fans) and wish metric would have taken hold back in the 70s when we tried it the first time. I only ordered a "hybrid" metric/imperial unit because they usually ship faster.
