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ZEN - 17/10/10 at 12:47 PM

Interesting open source project http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page



[Edited on 17/10/10 by ZEN]


Mark Allanson - 17/10/10 at 01:28 PM

Have you seen the price of the consumable filament!


MakeEverything - 17/10/10 at 01:38 PM

Awesome. You build the first one, and ill pay you to make me one!!


Mark Allanson - 17/10/10 at 01:48 PM

Who is the first person to replace the melt head with a MIG torch?


iank - 17/10/10 at 01:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Who is the first person to replace the melt head with a MIG torch?


Gonna need to shield the electronics a lot better if you're using a MIG nearby.


ZEN - 17/10/10 at 02:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Have you seen the price of the consumable filament!


The plan is to use granulate (much cheaper) in the future.


SeaBass - 17/10/10 at 06:46 PM

We acquired a 'RapMan' for our deparment . I teach Technical Education or "techy" as it's known in Scotland.

Our pupils seemed to have no problem with the concept of a 3D printer...

We've been producing models in ProENGINEER exporting as .STL and converting to G Code using Skeinforge.

Photos here;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/staugstech/sets/72157625071148808/

The filament is about £45 for 5kg at the moment.

Cheers
JC