Hey there, I am considering building my own reprap machine but before investing the time and money to do so I'm wondering if anyone else has done what I plan to do and can tell me about their experience. I would like to use it to create Role Playing Game objects such as buildings, figures, textured floors, treasures ect. If you have done this can you tell me about your experience in doing so. Would you recommend it to someone else? I'm still searching around for pictures so I can get an idea of the level of detail that a typical reprap machine will produce. Can you post a link to an example that might be of interest to me? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47644#msg-47644 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:53:13 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47825#msg-47825 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47825#msg-47825
Welcome to the forum! And be sure to hang around and keep us posted on your progress!]]> Nudel General Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:32:02 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47707#msg-47707 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47707#msg-47707 bobonthenet General Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:44:54 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47681#msg-47681 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47681#msg-47681 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2709
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1328
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3130

The quality depends on how well you are able to tune in your printer, but even more on the size of the objects you want to print, and the amount of post processing you are willing to do.

I'd say go ahead. If it turns out the current version of RepRap won't satisfy all your needs, you can use it to print the next version which will with no doubt be able to print in higher resolution. And so on ... :)]]> Nudel General Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:07:25 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47665#msg-47665 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47665#msg-47665 bobonthenet General Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:07:48 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47658#msg-47658 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47658#msg-47658
I do think reprap can make the pieces that you are thinking of.

I imagine the most difficult aspect would be to model the piece in some 3D package. I imagine you would have to be fairly expert in said package :)]]> AgeingHippy General Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:45:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47644#msg-47644 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,47644,47644#msg-47644 bobonthenet General Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:54:31 -0400