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These days it's super-easy (not super-cheap) to go out and buy a 3D printer. But if you've got the mad skills like [Mario Lukas] maybe you can build a 3D print using a bunch of scavenged parts (translated). He's published six posts on the build, and put together an overview video which you can watch after the break. A pile of salvaged parts were found in a scanner and four different printers. … [Read more...]
[Gavilan Steinman] just printed and assembled his own RepRap machine and filmed the process. This isn't news but we found it very interesting to watch. He started with a RepStrap, a rapid-prototyping 3D printer that as built by hand instead of printed by a similar machine. This is the seminal step in the self-replicating process. From there he prints an extruder head which improves the quality … [Read more...]
If you think there's never enough computerized numerical control in your life perhaps the pizza plotter should be your next project. This is a large 2-axis machine that shoots pressurized sauce onto a pizza crust. It's a food-grade RepStrap and appears to use a garden sprayer as a reservoir. They learned their lesson when a loose hose clamp sprayed sauce around the room. We're thinking this is a … [Read more...]
Sometimes we wonder if we're making good choices with PCB layout when using EagleCAD. Watch how the pros do it with a video of an hour-long Adafruit PCB layout session compressed into seven minutes. [Elijah] documented his RepStrap build. This is a chicken-or-egg project in that RepStrap machines are built without the assistance of an already existing RepRap. Here's an ASUS concept … [Read more...]
The RepRap project has been working on bringing 3D printing to the masses by creating a extrusion printer that can also make the majority of its own parts. For the most part, these print ABS or HDPE plastics which are strong and recyclable. In order to create these replicating printers, similar machines called RepStraps are built out of either laser-cut parts or machined elements. They are … [Read more...]
The RepRap is a self-copying 3D printer. The project has published plans for creating a lasercut acrylic version of the device. They call it a RepStrap since once assembled it could produce printed plastic versions of the machine components, bootstrapping true RepRaps. The plans are available for Ponoko an on-demand product service, and it would cost ~$380 if you used their service. The plans are … [Read more...]
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