About 2 month ago I bought a Tarantula I3 3D printer from Aliexpress. After getting it through customs and assembling it, I must say it is one of the most challenging and rewarding projects I have ever worked on. I only had time to work on it during weekends, but now I must say I am quite satisfied with the results. There is room for improvement, but that will come at a later date.

Status right now

• 3D printer operational, 1 role of magenta filament installed
• printed a radial fan fang to improve future print accuracy(and then printed a new and improved one)
• installed OctoPrint on a RaspberryPi 2 and connected it to the printer
• added LED light strips

Future plans:

• Mount OctoPrint Raspberry to printer frame
• Mount LCD to printer frame
• Print backpane for PSU
• Cable management
• Printing on a glass bed
• Increase print accuracy
• Calibrate printer