[EricH]

Originally Posted by Phyrxes

Our school's CTE department was awarded a grant to purchase a printer that one classes is now assembling. The second part of their grant is they will use it to print parts for making another printer that will be given to a middle school CTE program.

I will talk to the instructor and find out what make and model the printer is.

It's probably some form of RepRap. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a Mendel or a Prusa.

330 runs a modified Mendel. It can't do multi-material; that involves a 2-extruder head (though those are available). Prints PLA, can do ABS but haven't tried that. The one 330 runs has a heated bed and a heavily modified Y-axis from the standard Mendel. (Instead of being largely PLA/wood, it's mostly metal.)

Haven't found too many other uses for the machine yet, but printing random small stuff isn't too hard.