We have been donated another 3D printer, this time a TAZ 5 which is visibly
better and more solid and well put-together than the TAZ 3 we were given (by
the company) 9 years ago.  The catch was that it didn't have an extruder, but
the extruder from the TAZ 3 very easily swapped onto it with a single screw!

The TAZ 3 has never been a good 3D printer (not because of its extruder) and so
i'm happy to swap its extruder onto the new one, but it still needs to be wired
up - the TAZ 5 didn't come with the cable and so we need to make one.  The
control box uses these fancy round connectors for the extruder(s) (it can
support two) and I have the pins that fit the connectors - so we can make the
wiring harness as soon as we get a diagram of those connectors (the round
extruder connector for the TAZ 5)

I plan to heat up the heated bed on the TAZ 3 and then scoop it off of the
glass plate (which is damaged) so that it can be swapped onto the Type A
Machines 3D printer (the wooden one)

then I plan to finish dedicating the TAZ 3 to be only for dispensing solder
paste onto circuit boards, as seen here:

https://hackaday.com/2014/04/02/dispensing-solder-paste-with-a-3d-printer/

also we need to find a home for the two-extruder "delta" 3D printer that's in
the middle of the 3D printing desk, it's nice and has a heated bed, it just
needs someone to adopt/buy it from sudoroom since it's not a great community
machine (has too much personality) and we already have more than enough.

-jake

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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:14:19 -0700
> Hope your week is going well. My apologies, I had them check the TAZ 5 and
> found it is missing it’s extruder and harness (see attached). Unfortunately,
> sourcing these parts is tricky because it is a legacy printer. Because of
> this, I don’t think the printer is a good candidate for donation.
>
> Are you still interested in taking the printer for parts and tinkering? I
> completely understand if not and we’d likely recycle through the e-waste
> program on campus. I spoke with Steven this week and he is available to pick
> up the printer and bring it to the East Bay if the Fixit Clinic wants it.
>
> My apologies again Peter, just let me know what you think!_______________________________________________
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