Darwin's Successful Elements, Worldwide One of the major considerations of this project is accessibility. We must design from components and features that are available ...

Extruder improvements and alternatives Direct drive. This is a replacement for the flexible drive. It is simpler, and less likely to wear out. Its only disadvantage ...

Making the non-rapid-prototyped mechanical parts for the Version 1.1 extruder Introduction There are two main mechanical parts to the extruder: the heated barrel ...

-- Main.ForrestHiggs 26 Jan 2006 FAQ Index Calibration Controllers Building the JDM Programmer board for the PIC16F628 chip Coordinate Systems Design Rules Extruder ...

Extruder Heater Materials PTFE Breaks down at 230C into toxic substances, so replacement materials are required in order to safely process plastics with high melting ...

This page is mostly done. Contact hoeken@rrrf.org with any errors or suggestions. McWire Cartesian Bot v1.2 Introduction Many more pictures of the machine can be ...

PLA Polylactic acid (PLA) is a bio-degradable polymer that can be produced from acid, which can be fermented from crops such as maize. This makes it an ideal candidate ...

This is a reprint of Adrian Bowyer's Keynote Address on the RepRap project given to the Seventh National Conference on Rapid Design, Prototyping Manufacturing, at ...

This Bill of Materials is complete for the instructions that have been written. More parts WILL be needed as more instructions are added. I may have made mistakes ...

Assembling the Ponoko RepRap Extruder Main Ponoko Page BeginningNext Step BOM for this page Construction and assembly of the Extruder is quite demanding. There is ...

1 0.1uF capacitor 1 200-300mm of nichrome wire with a resistance of about 8 ohms 1 35mm piece of 10mm diameter PTFE rod with a 3mm hole drilled down the centre 1 ...

The Thermoplast Extruder version 1.1 This design is obsolete. For the up-to-date version see here. Table of contents Introduction The thermoplast extruder is the ...

Tweaking Manual This page is under construction. This is a suggested method to help you get up and running quickly. Test .stl's are attached at the bottom of this ...

This page is obsolete. Use the Darwin Extruder page instead. The !RepRap Thermoplast Extruder Head Version 2 #TableOfContents 0. Table of Contents Summary Introduction ...

Thermoplast Extruder Version 2.0 Introduction The thermoplast extruder is the central part of the RepRap machine. It takes a 3mm diameter filament of a polymer (the ...

ThermoplastExtruder Version 2.0 Bill of Materials All the parts Bill of Materials Select Thermoplast Extruder v2.0 at the bottom of the spreadsheet: Notes The NEMA ...

The !RepRap Vertical Axis Main.VikOlliver 27 Nov 2005 Version 1 DRAFT 1. Summary This describes how to construct the vertical axis of a prototype RepRap from FDM ...