I have a question, I revently found a old 3d printer in my brothers basement, apparently its a “nophead mendel 90” that he built years ago but then lost interest in.

I would love to try and bring it back to life, but I know very little about printing, and have no idea where to start. Is a printer this old compatible with modern slicers? What software would I use to connect to it via usb? I tried to do research on my own, but found very little useful info about how to actually get it working

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 年前

    3d printers haven’t changed that much. If you can get some info from your brother and he can tell you what might be wrong (if anything) that would be very helpful.

    • MrSlicer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 年前

      They’ve changed A LOT for one they aren’t made of wood anymore. This isn’t an old ender. It’s made of mdf!

      • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 年前

        But he can learn. And if he gets it going, and the other components are OK, he could transfer it onto a metal frame. He could use this printer to print parts for some new printer build that was made from parts of this current build.