Hey Ben,
I'm a broke kid who wants to get into 3D printing. I saw this instructable EWaste 60$ 3DPrinter thing and I wanted to try to do something like it, but I'm a bit new to the electronics behind 3D printing. I know there's stepper motors controlled by an Arduino, but what kind of stuff would you need? I know you said you would spend $400-500 on building a printer, but I was wondering if using old electronics would slice that cost down. I've got an HP printer I can rip apart (the controller board in it is insane, the motors all still work though) and a really old (its not even black, its biege) HP scanner I can also use. I've also got several old floppy disk drives, and CD/DVD drives, and I might be able to get a broken blu ray player. With this, could I build a 3D printer for less than $100? Could I use a PC to control the stepper motors somehow? I have several computers I could use, including a raspberry pi if you think that would work...
Thanks for considering! I love the show!
Hampton
