Cheapest Rep Rap printer?

Hello. I have an ender 3 pro but I want to make a Rep Rap printer, but they all seem more expensive than just buying an ender 3. Are there any cheap ones?

... when we first started with the "Darwin"-kit, there was the basic kit containig commonly not available or 3D-printed parts for around 300USD and a BOM for the missing parts (screws, mechanical parts, wires ... and such) for aditional 300USD ... the second version "Mendel" was not much cheaper ... last the designs culminated into the "Mendel90" (with seems to be the actually most common gantry design).

Then the "copycats" started to sell complete 3D-printers for 300USD or less.

Best bet actually is to search for a second-hand one ... even better, if it's in working/calibrated condition (got so an "Anycubic Kobra2 Pro", which was and is printing without issues ).

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2024 08:29AM by VDX.

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Viktor
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Aufruf zum Projekt "Müll-freie Meere" - [reprap.org] -- Deutsche Facebook-Gruppe - [www.facebook.com]

Call for the project "garbage-free seas" - [reprap.org]

Why Viktor -- you triend an Anycubic and liked. Glad you found fun at last.

... the anycubic was only the last one of the different "brands" I've tested in the last 17 or so years -- from the first "Darwin" to a "wood-Mendel", original DIY-Mendel, "Wolf-strap", "Orca" ... and some other, I don't remember the names ... and several of my own DIY-models ...

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/2025 12:54PM by VDX.

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Viktor
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Aufruf zum Projekt "Müll-freie Meere" - [reprap.org] -- Deutsche Facebook-Gruppe - [www.facebook.com]

Call for the project "garbage-free seas" - [reprap.org]