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Robots, children's blocks, wooden clocks, its all good! Here's my idea and here's the [[page]] on RepRap's wiki where we can log in and click "edit".
Re: Twin Cities, Minnesota (burrr) - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself. You are very welcome to announce the forum on the builders blog, builders.reprap.org, or if you like, I'll mention it on the main blog, blog.reprap.orgby SebastienBailard - Minnesota Twin Cities RepRap User Group
Re: RepRap forum organization - 16 years ago
BDolge: Also are you planning to breakout the software and electronics forums? Think so. I'll probably do it thusly: *Software: **RepRap driver software. **3D Design tools, Art of Illusion, Blender, CAD tools, etc. (note: this probably belongs over in the object libraries folder.) **Software off-topic. Perl vs. Python, Eclipse sucks goats, why does anyone still use vi when emacs is clearly suby SebastienBailard - General
Re: RepRap forum organization - 16 years ago
I've made some changes, what do you guys think? BDolge, if people starting fussing, and wanting messages filed in their new homes I'll move them promptly. Otherwise, in a few weeks. No promises, sorry.by SebastienBailard - General
Re: RepRap forum organization - 16 years ago
Zach, if you're into body modification, it would be dead easy to rig up a soldering iron or drag knife. :p I'll do some forum re-arranging tomorrow, btw.by SebastienBailard - General
Re: Large Scale RepRap - 16 years ago
Demented, I'd avoid building an arm until after building a more traditional mill or gantry-type machine. Arms have less precison because they're missing all that cross-bracing. A typical big industrial robot has a precision of maybe 0.050". If you compare that to a homebrewed cnc machine, which should get a precision of ~0.010" easily. I'm not saying that building a robot arm isn't a fascinatby SebastienBailard - Reprappers
Re: problems in forum - 16 years ago
Brian, I think you're going to have to create a new account. You're not on the list of users (accessible via the administrators' control panel) so there does not seem to be anything I can do using those tools. I am sorry about this; I do not know the cause for this error. Once you create a new account, let me know (via private message or email) if you need any changes made to the user name orby SebastienBailard - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Re: New plastic is strong as steel, transparent - 16 years ago
Forum spam and user deleted. I'm curious if it's running a human backend or a computer. It's an interesting trick to quote previous text. We will probably see more of it.by SebastienBailard - Polymer Working Group
Re: buy parts in europe - 16 years ago
Want me to create a forum for Belgium and/or your home town? It's a minute's work, and you might find some neighbors who are interested. You may be able to organize a meetup or find some local suppliers.by SebastienBailard - Reprappers
Re: Israel, Tel Aviv - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself. You are very welcome to announce the forum on the builders blog, builders.reprap.org, or if you like, I'll mention it on the main blog, blog.reprap.org You may want to contact these people to see if anyone is interested: This thread will self-delete once it becomes inactive.by SebastienBailard - Israel, Tel Aviv RepRap User Group
Re: Uk reprap - 16 years ago
No, we have one, over here: Hop in and introduce yourself.by SebastienBailard - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Re: buy parts in europe - 16 years ago
Vik, Your friends are very welcome to post their work here; we're interesting in seeing what folk are up to, and are also willing to host friendly not-exactly-reprap-but-still-very-interesting projects. For example Forrest Higgs's machine uses some very different approaches, and so on. By 'local/private', do you mean in one of the fora here, or elsewhere?by SebastienBailard - Reprappers
Re: Inconsistent actualisation of the posts ... - 16 years ago
Hmmm. Maybe this will go away once we become desparate to upgrade the forum software. I've been happy with using Sage, the RSS reader extension for firefox, which means I don't look at the new flag much. If it is a problem, let me know, and I'll pester Simon a tiny bit about the forum software.by SebastienBailard - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Re: Los Angeles, CA - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself. Resources: *Electronic Art Galleries/Artist-Run Centers **Machine Project 1200 D North Alvarado Street Los Angeles, CA 90026 *Probably-Interested Group Meetups **Dorkbot-SoCal Meets the first Saturday of every month at the Machine Project, above **Robotics Society of Southern California Meets twice a month on the second and fourth Saturdby SebastienBailard - California, Los Angeles RUG
Re: Fibre powder - 16 years ago
This fellow uses ordinary wheat flour as epoxy filler. (Do read it, it's a lovely writeup.) "Hint: Instead of commercial epoxy fillers (=expensive) or saw dust (=coarse) I use wheat flour. You know, the stuff for bread dough. It is: * Close to wood as a material. * Much finer than wood dust from sawing or sanding, so creates smoother surfaces. * Almost wood colour (light). * Avaby SebastienBailard - Polymer Working Group
Re: Russia - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself, describe your machine, where you get your parts, and what you plan to build with it. You're also welcome to announce the group on the builder's blog: builders.reprap.org (or not, everyone else has ignored that little note).by SebastienBailard - Russia RepRap User Group
Re: Anyone else in ottawa/gatineau planning on building a RepRap? - 16 years ago
I've attended one gaggle, and will try to make one of the next ones. I'd be quite up for doing a demo for OCLUG and CLO. Russ, would you like to come up and bring your machine as well?by SebastienBailard - Canada, Ottawa-Gatineau RUG
Re: Parts in the UK - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself, describe how you're building your machine, what you plan to make with it, and where you're getting your parts. Moved this thread into that forum to help discussion started.by SebastienBailard - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Re: Interlayer adhesion - 16 years ago
'Make has or had an article on making a small vacuum forming table out of a vacuum cleaner. I once found detailed plans in a book on making stage props, but I don't have the ISBN.' That was probably: The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook (Paperback) by Thurston James ISBN 1558701281 Not as good as The Mouldmaker's Handbook by Jean-Pierre Delpech et. al. but the latter has nothinby SebastienBailard - Reprappers
Re: Parts in the UK - 16 years ago
Would it help to have a subforum in for the UK? It's a minute's work to create one.by SebastienBailard - United Kingdom RepRap User Group
Re: Nigerian Scam Letters on RepRap forum - 16 years ago
That's been discussed here: and the spammer's account was deleted. If it becomes a recurring problem, we'll start using one of these anti-spam modules for our forum software.by SebastienBailard - General
Re: Another 3 Axis Position System for a RepStrap - 16 years ago
I think we'll have to go straight to Voight-Kampff* testing. Viktor, reaction time is a factor in this, so please pay attention. Now, answer as quickly as you can: Itby SebastienBailard - General
Re: Another 3 Axis Position System for a RepStrap - 16 years ago
The lazy spam-bots use human backends: Unfortunately, I deleted the message before flagging what user it was. I'll hammer them next time they pop their head up.by SebastienBailard - General
Re: Canada, Edmonton RUG - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself. You're also welcome to announce the group on the builder's blog: builders.reprap.org (or not, everyone else has ignored that little note). Edmonton doesn't seem to have a robot group any more and doesn't seem to have a dorkbot chapter. You might try pinging these people, but I'm not sure how much electronic art they do. You may want to pokby SebastienBailard - Canada, Edmonton RepRap User Group
Re: Reprapping Engines - 16 years ago
Now that we've discussed this matter at length, back to the fun stuff. Anyone ever tinker with electroactive polymers? I'm surprised this didn't come up in the artificial muscles thread: I imagine in some ways these will surplant some of the small and large electric motors out there. Unfortunately, (from casual reading), many of these are thin-film based and may be difficult to fabricate iby SebastienBailard - General
Re: Reprapping Engines - 16 years ago
Viktor, Ian was speaking inappropriately. We're interested in your ideas and thoughts. To put it tactfully, if Ian is not, he should apply his energies more productively. Cheers, Sebastienby SebastienBailard - General
Re: Perth, Australia - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself. You're also welcome to announce the group on the builder's blog: builders.reprap.org (or not, everyone else has ignored that little note). I tacked on a note that the forum may be good for Australian discussion in general until we get more traffic. Let me know and I'll delete the note and create a new country-wide forum. Perth doesn't seem tby SebastienBailard - Australia, Perth RepRap User Group
Re: Dutch User Group - 16 years ago
Forum created. Let me know if I botched "Dutch RepRap Gebruikersgroep". Please hop in and introduce yourself. You're also welcome to announce the group on the builder's blog: builders.reprap.org (or not, everyone else has ignored that little note). Google reports that Holland at the very least this robotics club: and at least one Dorkbot group: (along with numerous electronic art institutesby SebastienBailard - Dutch User Group - Archive
Re: Hi german reprappers, where are you? - 16 years ago
Viktor, Alex, Do you guys want forums for Frankfurt and Hamburg? -Sebastienby SebastienBailard - Schwarzes Brett
Re: Miami Valley, Ohio RepRap user group - 16 years ago
Forum created for Dayton, Ohio. Let me know if you want it called that or Miami Valley, Ohio. Please hop in and introduce yourself. You're also welcome to announce the group on the builder's blog: builders.reprap.org Google reports that Dayton has a robotics club: Boonshoft's Blazin' Bots Robotics Club along with possibly the Miami Valley Robotics Club - Troy, Ohio (url?) and a Dorkbot groby SebastienBailard - Ohio, Dayton RepRap User Group
Re: Orlando, FL - 16 years ago
Forum created. Please hop in and introduce yourself. You're also welcome to announce the group on the builder's blog: builders.reprap.org Google reports that Orlando has a robotics club: and a Dorkbot group: Its webhost is down, see google cache: [72.14.205.104] And a few people from CNC zone: You may want to see if they're interested. Good luck! This thread will self-destruct after aby SebastienBailard - Florida, Orlando RepRap User Group