Prusa Mendel is the Ford Model T of 3D printers.
Like the Model T, the Prusa Mendel improves on a previous design by being more streamlined for manufacture. The Prusa Mendel is a simpler remix of the original Mendel. By default, it uses printed bushings instead of regular bearings, though options to substitute inexpensive lm8uu linear bearings or other types of bearings or bushings are available. The current version uses three 608 bearings in total, one for the X axis and two for the Y axis. The 624 bearings are gone altogether.
Prusa's main goal is to be the purest and simplest 3D printer you can build.
I would like to learn more about this printer, but I need to finish some other, easier projects like the pong clock. Some day I would like to find a database of 3d models to print with such a machine. Maybe it could use html5 canvas 3d elements to preview the printable objects.
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