I've been lurking for a long time, but haven't read everything on the wiki - perhaps should have read the history section. But anyway: Who decides on the next RepRap - I know its a community project but someone must be spearheading it. When will be the next RepRap - fairly open ended question - and where do I learn of its development - probably the development section (:D Thanks https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83286#msg-83286 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:43:38 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83724#msg-83724 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83724#msg-83724 I think its a 200x200 build area but there are no specs yet. Mendel-parts is already selling a kit V0.2 (as apparently there is a big want), but V0.3 is the most current. V0.1 is in the videos (they seemed to have skipped showing 0.2 in any way) 0.3 may be the best thing ever made, ever. Who knows. I'm going to follow it but don't see it to be as promising as you do.]]> yydoctt General Sat, 14 May 2011 09:42:58 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83723#msg-83723 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83723#msg-83723 I am myself VERY interested in that machine.. But I guess time will tell what rely happens!
For me I think a good sized printing area is very high on my list... like Ultimaker and Mendel.
Does anyone know the size the ORCA will have?]]> Gorz General Sat, 14 May 2011 09:30:49 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83717#msg-83717 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83717#msg-83717 bryanandaimee General Sat, 14 May 2011 09:09:14 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83713#msg-83713 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83713#msg-83713 blog.reprap.org]]]> bryanandaimee General Sat, 14 May 2011 08:58:00 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83679#msg-83679 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83679#msg-83679
progomez (http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?94,76220) is making a £299 printer with a work area of 150x150x120 - looks makerbot style but cleaner. I'm following this one quite closely.

I hadn't seen anything on the hacklab version so thanks for pointing me toward it, I couldn't actually find all too much on it - but will follow it also.

Bear - I think some people are very focused on the self-replicating nature of the RepRap, it was one of the initial goals after all. It is the machines that have dispelled the want to self-replicate that have a lot of potential right now - but then again the Prusa is still way up with them.

I don't know if the goal will change but It's certainly handy to be able to print yourself another printer at any time :) So I sit on the fence on that one.]]> yydoctt General Fri, 13 May 2011 21:21:30 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83675#msg-83675 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83675#msg-83675
We want the machines in order to create other things. We want people to have them in order to enable other people to create other things. And, ideally, we'd like there to be no limit to the things that we can create with these devices. The ultimate goal isn't just a plastic extruder, it's a fully automated shop or factory with "economies of scale" that apply to short runs or single-item production.

So the reprap itself is just an early stage in the bootup process for a complete shop. Maybe you can reprap a drill press. Maybe you can use the drill press and the reprap to make a mill. Maybe you can use the mill and the drill press and the reprap to make a vacuum forming table. Maybe you can use all of that stuff to create a pick-and-place robot. And so on. Maybe eventually you have all the stuff you need to produce the 'vitamin kits' -- the non-reprappable parts of all the things you've built so far -- and robots that can automatically assemble them into finished products.

To me, it's the shop, not any individual device, that needs to be able to produce (and ASSEMBLE, damnit) all of its own parts. And, of course, all the other devices we want to build.

Bear]]> Bear General Fri, 13 May 2011 19:56:59 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83619#msg-83619 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83619#msg-83619 bryanandaimee General Fri, 13 May 2011 11:45:39 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83487#msg-83487 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83487#msg-83487 brupje General Thu, 12 May 2011 03:20:58 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83465#msg-83465 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83465#msg-83465 Anthong Redbeard General Wed, 11 May 2011 22:37:47 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83463#msg-83463 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83463#msg-83463
I'm trying to decide which printer to get actually - Makerbot seems like the least value for money - as RepRap appears to have a better print quality and a larger stage. RepRap is too hard to source - though with a couple of kits - nopheads plastics combined with Ultimachines RAMPS and someone else's Rods, bearings etc. Could be doable without breaking the bank.
Ultimaker looks like the best print quality with best speed and big stage, and also comes in a complete kit - Though is gastronomically priced...

I think I'm leaning toward RepRap Prusa but there are no RAMPS kits anywhere - is Ultimachine the only place to get them?]]> yydoctt General Wed, 11 May 2011 22:06:07 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83453#msg-83453 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83453#msg-83453 -------------------------------------------------------
> Why does nobody use misumi extrusions? It's so
> cheap, strong and readily available....

They are! But then there is much less of your Reprap that can self replicate, which is one of the nice ideas behind it.
[www.reprap.org]
The repraps don't need to be quite so heavy as something like a mill or router, as the tool head is generally lighter and it is not pushing through a material to cut it. So the frame can be light and cheap, and a few bits of plastic and some metal rods is cheaper than extrusions. The larger expense is the electronics and motors. I'm looking to build a CNC router after I finish my reprap, and will most probably use aluminium extrusion rather than MDF for that, certainly worth it once you get past a certain size, though we don't suffer the humidity problems you have in HK here in the UK.]]> droftarts General Wed, 11 May 2011 18:12:19 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83417#msg-83417 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83417#msg-83417 I think that some of these other ideas are fantastic, pcb printing, pick and place, etc and I think they will become their own projects before becoming refined and sometime later down the road joining back up with the RepRap development. That's when DIY will overtake the professional solutions (perhaps not in print quality but in terms of rapid prototyping).

As it stands now, I'm not a fan of what Makerbot and Ultimaker are doing - I prefer their machines to RepRap (well I prefer ultimaker, not makerbot) but elevating the price by using non-standard parts is not progress, in my opinion. Standardised parts, if utilised properly, will always provide a more stable structure. I can't understand the laser cut wood - is warping really not going to be an issue, then again I live in a sauna AKA Hong Kong.
Why does nobody use misumi extrusions? It's so cheap, strong and readily available....]]> yydoctt General Wed, 11 May 2011 09:08:47 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83401#msg-83401 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83401#msg-83401 This will undoubtedly make it more difficult for a newcomer without a mentor.
Not necessarily.

We can easily have a few "popular flavors" which will accumulate good documentation in the wiki.

The more a machine breeds in the wild, the more people will want to polish the docs.]]> SebastienBailard General Wed, 11 May 2011 05:52:24 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83398#msg-83398 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83398#msg-83398
I see the sells Mendel staying relatively the same for a while. the prusa and huxley maturing/evolving for a while, and a few others sprouting up in parallel. I think there may be more divergence over time as the project grows rather than a straight line. This will undoubtedly make it more difficult for a newcomer without a mentor. Luckily I think the mentor system is in full effect between vendors, friends, hackerspaces, universities.]]> Anthong Redbeard General Wed, 11 May 2011 05:29:07 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83397#msg-83397 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83397#msg-83397 SebastienBailard General Wed, 11 May 2011 04:29:49 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83380#msg-83380 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83380#msg-83380 -------------------------------------------------------
> No, not a dev, just these things interest me..

Everyone is a dev :-)]]> NewPerfection General Tue, 10 May 2011 22:31:57 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83297#msg-83297 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83297#msg-83297 No, not a dev, just these things interest me.. no yydoctt-extruders or mendels, im afraid, though it is for the best :P]]> yydoctt General Tue, 10 May 2011 04:06:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83294#msg-83294 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83294#msg-83294 and where do I learn of its development - probably the development section
http://reprap.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
is good. Otherwise you'll miss out on stuff like
http://reprap.org/wiki/Electrochemical_Machining
which is being done up in the german forum.
http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?35,83032,83290#msg-83290]]> SebastienBailard General Tue, 10 May 2011 03:56:57 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83291#msg-83291 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83291#msg-83291 Who decides on the next RepRap - I know its a community project but someone must be spearheading it.

Bwahahahaahah!

Do one up in the wiki and then I'll flip a switch on the webserver and tell everyone they should be printing yydoctt-mendels and selling yydoctt-electronics to the punters.

And then we'll all have a laugh and they'll print and sell whatever they like.

I think we're technically a crypto-meritocracy.

We keep telling Adrian that he's in charge and needs to tell us what to do, but he keeps telling us it's not so.

So if you do up a new machine, some nice electronics, or new materials/processes, those are probably spearheading the project.

Please tell me if you want me to order to you to do up some electronics.(:D

- and where do I learn of its development - probably the development section
The official reprap-dev mailing list. It's compulsory to read it since you're now an official develpoper:
http://lists.reprap.org/mailman/listinfo/reprap-dev

Welcome aboard! :D]]> SebastienBailard General Tue, 10 May 2011 03:50:56 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83286#msg-83286 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,83286,83286#msg-83286
Who decides on the next RepRap - I know its a community project but someone must be spearheading it.
When will be the next RepRap - fairly open ended question - and where do I learn of its development - probably the development section (:D

Thanks]]> yydoctt General Tue, 10 May 2011 03:20:53 -0400