My machine has an identity!

My printer was originally built from scratch based on Josef Prusa's RepRap i3 “rework” variant available back in 2015.  It was rebuilt using the i3 Baja rework frame kit (black acrylic), and has since undergone several makeovers.

Some of these makeovers it turns out were also incorporated in later versions of Prusa's Original Prusa MK2+, and MK3+ products.  Mine includes a heated aluminum build plate with PEI sheet, automatic bed leveling (BL Touch flavor also used as a Z end stop), sync-slave timing belt between the 2 Z-axis lead screws to keep the gantry level during power on/off cycles, belt tensioner for the sync mod, Arduino Mega 2560/RAMPS 1.4 with Polulo DRV 8588 stepper drivers, 1A 38mm stepper motors, Titan Aero extruder on a full metal X carriage, metal linear bearing blocks on both X and Y axes, LED light strips, cable chains on the X and Y axes, RepRap Discount full graphic controller, and combination inductive filament runout sensor utilizing the PINDA probe to detect and handle through Marlin firmware, the filament runout condition. 

Prusa 3D printed X and Y axis parts are carried through into my printer because they just work, are simple enough to reproduce spare parts, and no reason to upgrade them out.  There are even still some orange PLA parts behind the scenes (behind the Z frame, and under the print bed), left over from when I decided to change the color scheme of MY printer.

The nameplate reflects its Prusa heritage and his contributions to the RepRap project, and the nearly fully custom but still fully open-source nature of this incredible contribution to the world of 3D printing.

Like Prusa's 3D printer products, after nearly 8 years of build and constant refactoring and continuous improvement, my printer “just works” nearly turnkey, print after print after print

This nameplate includes openSCAD files well commented so you can customize for your own printer.  I printed it at a roughly 35 degree angle on my print bed to get it to fit.  Larger printers probably don't need to do this.

Sliced in Prusa Slicer 2.5.0 which recognizes that this may be a nameplate or logo and gives an opportunity to introduce a color change at the appropriate point.

I might add that this is an EXCELLENT example of what the Arachne perimeter generator does.  I first sliced it using Classic and due to the fonts (the Bold-italic Times New Roman), did not slice very cleanly especially the serifs of all the non-block letters).  It would have looked awful.  Noting that the Arachne perimeter generator was made for stuff like this, I switched before re-slicing and the results were PHENOMENAL to say the least.  Very happy with this enhanced capability in the new Prusa Slicer!

The mounting pads (print 2) were attached to the back of the nameplate using 3M automotive trim tape, and the resulting assembly affixed to the top face of the Z frame.  Due to the number of refactoring over the years, I had some various drill holes to hide and this plate does that nicely.

Enjoy!