As I mentioned before, the base of the printer this time around would be made out of wood.

I usually prefer to take my time when I do woodworking but for this one I just wanted to get it done as quickly as possible. This meant foregoing with some best practices in favor of shortcuts. For example, not using joinery but only using screws instead. Thanks to this I was done in just a couple of hours.

I cringe looking at the mistakes I've made with this because as was in such a hurry to finish. I might redo this whole thing if I find the time, but for now let's consider this as our prototype base.

There are still some stuff to be done with this. For example, I still need to drill the holes for the mounts, make a holder for the spool, and also finishing.

Here is a glimpse of how it would look like with some of the parts positioned at their intended places.

Not bad, right? I bet it would look better once I put everything in place and cleaned up the messy wires.

Up next: Mounting the drives