It's running

I totally forgot I even had this blog. Anyways, I have my McWire RepStrap up and running, with belts driving the X and Y axes. I'm using a hot end with a hybrid insulator made by reifsnyderb. His machining is awesome. The heating element is a small piece of aluminum with a small wirewound power resistor embeded, a la Nop Head. My hot end is a standard brass one though, not stainless steel. The resistor I am using is part number CWC-5.0RCT-ND at Digi-Key. Any similar resistor should work just fine. When I have some time soon I will post pictures of my overall setup, along with some better explanations.