Just saw Josef Prusa's video on his new i3-MK2. Two big improvements that I see are the new print bed and the integrated Z lead screws (scrapping couplings altogether). [www.youtube.com] I'm thinking that if the i3-MK2 improvements were merged with the Foldarap, you could change print height/volume by replacing the Z extrusions and Z screws (search Thomson Taper-Lock for a video of replaceable lead screws on their stepper motors. with the Foldarap frame and the Prusa i3-MK2 merged, I think we may have portable 3D printing gold... I'm just "spit-balling" here, and see what sticks... ;-) https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?283,670677,670677#msg-670677 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:13:39 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?283,670677,683306#msg-683306 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?283,670677,683306#msg-683306 But it's a matter of cost in the end.
If we say that DIY printers now can't align with the price of mass produced cheap ones (e.g. a Finder), the decision could be to use better components.
Like with custom made computer nowadays :)

(In that case that could be implemented in the FoldaRap 3 ^^)]]> Emmanuel FoldaRap Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:53:05 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?283,670677,670677#msg-670677 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?283,670677,670677#msg-670677
[www.youtube.com]

I'm thinking that if the i3-MK2 improvements were merged with the Foldarap, you could change print height/volume by replacing the Z extrusions and Z screws (search Thomson Taper-Lock for a video of replaceable lead screws on their stepper motors.

with the Foldarap frame and the Prusa i3-MK2 merged, I think we may have portable 3D printing gold...

I'm just "spit-balling" here, and see what sticks... ;-)]]> bawb_b FoldaRap Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:06:23 -0400