RepRapPro Huxley(s) Available For Delivery by X-Mas

Gents,

I just ordered a RepRap printer from RepRapPro, Adrian Bower's new company.

Adrian Bower, the actual inventor of the opensource RepRap Device, just joined forces with the eMaker guy(s) to produce and sell RepRap machines. RepRapPro is the name of their Newley founded company.

I contributed $675 to the RepRapPro on indiegogo.com, and in turn they will be sending me a RepRapPro Huxley machine kit for Christmas!

$675 is about half of what you would pay for a Makerbot. Not only that, but this machine is being directly backed by Adrian Bower, so I Definatley expect a quality product.

When I get my Huxley Pro kit, I will post about the quality of the product and the build.

Last time I visited, about 82 christmas kits remained available for those who want to contribute.

If anyone else is interested, here is the link to donate and receive a machine: [igg.me]

-Idolcrasher

Can you not build a mendel for less? Also now its open source would it not be better to adapt the hotend for use on a mendel? All would have to be done would be to change a few settings and redo the carriage?

Good thogh that adrian is making money on his idea.

You can build one for less for sure. Can you build one of this quality for less? We shall see when she arrives!

Hopefully, the integrated SD card reader, and the convinience of starting off with a nice RepRap before doing scratch builds is wrth the entry fee.

The emaker videos on YouTube demo a high quality machine making high quality prints.

I think going this route will get me a quality machine, and a good support structure; at the same time, I get to support the actual inventor of the RepRap.

Everybody wins!

sign up for one here: [igg.me]

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2011 08:53AM by Idolcrasher.

I dont know why you wouldnt be able to build one for less at the same quality. Its open source?

JM seems to have standardised the hardware to control the software? Sprinter seems to have worked on the firmware.
I suppose an UP! derived hot end like the emaker has and now the makerbot, seems to be the missing link in making the reprap usable out of the box.
Why can these details not be applied to the mendel? Someone should make the emaker hotend with a mendel x carriage holder and sell them. The bowden tube could go straight down into the head from the wade. Maybe raise the wade up 20/30mm.

Then install the software from the emaker github, after changing the sizes and speeds, and the results should be the same.

I would say a hot end should be no more than £50 based on the components. The hardest being the nozzle.

I do like the makerbot new hot end though. Just like the UP! but open source.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2011 10:50AM by progomez.

Adrian Bowyer giving a clever speech about the reprap [www.youtube.com]

You might be able to self source and build a similar bot for less, but by the time you factor in time spent shopping all over creation, shipping from all the various companies, plus the time you'll spend getting everything to work together, you won't really save much over a $675 kit. (Unless you are a genius scrounge.) So it depends on how you value your time. Not to mention that for many, going the self source route will entail some waste as you find out that thing A isn't compatible with part B and have to order C to replace it. For even fairly small $/time values this kit would likely be a better deal.

Also it's not a mendel, it's an emaker huxley with some modifications.

I bought a cupcake, scrounged up a Prusa, and I'm working on a new design now, but if I had the Prusa or the cupcake to do over I would have looked hard at a kit like this. They just weren't available when I jumped in.

Those were my thoughts when I decided to build one. While I will build scratch RepRaps in the future (for friends & prototypes), I wanted to start with a well made known good design.

my point was shouldnt the brains of reprap builders already of taken what works from the huxley emaker and adapted it to make a reliable mendel, given this size wise is more desirable.

What makes you think the emaker huxley is more reliable than a Mendel?

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I ordered a RepRapPro machine and it did indeed arrive before christmas, however the electronic kit is held up from the US dealer. I am still waiting on the electronic kit to arrive from the dealer. This is a great machine and the quality of the printed parts are outstanding, the best I have ever seen.
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