M2 Makeover

[Bratag]

Looks awesome! Great work!

Any chance you have a link to that fan / shroud piece you have near the extruder? That looks awesome and exactly what I am look for for my machine.

If you don't want to give that up, I complete understand and respect that choice.

That is his E3D extruder mount and fan attachment

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:344950

[jimc]

thanks everyone and yes thats the e3d conversion.

[sprior]

Wow, Rick might say he HAS to have it back for the office.

[hybridprinter]

Jim is the hotroding rubber factory

[Rara]

I can't argue too much with your choice of colors.

[jimc]

sweet!!! i like it.

[pyronaught]

The polished aluminum really turned out nice with that mirror finish. It almost looks like chrome. I thought aluminum will quickly oxidize back to its normal greyish state, did you have to coat it with something?

[jimc]

no coating. been polishing aluminum on bikes for years. if its polished like that and kept outdoors like maybe the wheels on your car then yes you need to keep up on something like that. motorcycles and 3d printers though, na, they dont see much wet weather lol. i might have to give the gantry a quick rub down with some metal polish once or twice a year and it should be good.

[jdacal]

Oh man! I can't believe you guys are going to get me to paint my printer now. Stop raising the bar! I'm still trying to learn to airbrush after Jim's bomb design.

[Jules]

Yeah, now you guys have got me fighting the urge to pimp my M2. Those are fantastic!
(Time to fire up the Gazelle.)