Comments on: FABR: Another 3d printing project

By: jeditalian

jeditalian — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:53:22 +0000

i think they intentionally spelled it arudino to see if anyone’s reading today

By: Irwin Streich

Irwin Streich — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:02:56 +0000

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By: Kristopher Potter

Kristopher Potter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:52:10 +0000

I cannot believe how advanced 3-d technology is becoming latley. Rather soon they are putting out 3d cell phones and the 3ds handheld should be interesting. Still i feel that its to some extent gimmicky. Any thoughts?

By: General Fabb

General Fabb — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:55:51 +0000

If you're interested in following the news on 3D Printing and digital fabrication, you might consider reading our blog at http://fabbaloo.com. We've covered Fabr, RepRap and many others (including the expensive ones too!)

By: Kyle Corbitt

Kyle Corbitt — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:14:24 +0000

I second soi sentinel’s comments – RepRap doesn’t use any lasercut parts in its standard design, although some alternative cartesian frames that depend on them do exist. You’re probably thinking of Fab@home.

Also, as soi sentinel mentioned, for several months now the RepRap project has had stable arduino firmware that will take g-code from the USB port and drive 3 stepper controller boards as well as the extruder – this sounds like what the fabr guy is trying to develop. The RepRap Research Foundation also provides open-source stepper controller boards that interface with the Arduino, but it will work with any standard controller board. Check out the (cohesive and relatively stable) system at the RepRap gen2 electronics page.

By: SOI Sentinel

SOI Sentinel — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Haven’t looked at a reprap lately. You must mean fab@home. They’ve incremented the electronics on reprap to an arduino shield and separate chopper stepper boards. The software does have the flexibility to work with different hardware than what the “reference design” specs. The latest alternate firmware does G code too. From an earlier post he did, he’s directly approaching the repstrap issue but redesigning it his way. His mechanic kinematics are the same, just different hardware. He’s also doing the exact same thing with software, but basing it off of different tools.

By: J Swift

J Swift — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:19:44 +0000

Its nice to see more people building 3d printers at home.

I have built a RepRap printer, so I would like to clear up just a few statements in this article which are misleading.
1. I built my RepStrap for just under $450, and I believe that that is pretty cheap.
2. The RepRap already uses an Arduino as the CNC interface for the machine.
3. Only one design of a RepStrap requires the CNC Lasercut parts. The whole point of the project is to build a machine that can replicate itself, which it has successfully done in many respects.
4. 3D printing is awesome and I encourage fabr to continue.