Category:RepStrap
Description | A collection of repstraps
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This page is a list of all RepStraps (Non-replicating kits that provide similar functionality to a RepRap).
A RepStrap is a open-hardware rapid prototyping machine which is made by fabrication processes which aren't under the RepRap umbrella yet. You can build a 3D printer using a tablesaw, or using a lasercutter, and use this to make fun, beautiful, useful things.
Like RepRap parts, of course!
This page is necessarily less structured than the other Builder's Wiki pages, as it depends much more on the particular RepStrap being described.
Create a link below for your RepStrap like this example entry:
[[RepStrap My Repstrap's Name]]
If it is a link to another web page use the first link. If you want text instead of just a URL use the second link but replace "My Web Site" with your Text
[http://www.my web site adress.com/index.html] [http://www.my web site adress.com/index.html My Web Site]
Contents
approaches
- Consider merging this section into What Tooling Do You Have.
There are several possible approaches to building and using a RepStrap. Some alternatives are:
- I want a Mendel, I can't get Mendel-printed parts, *and* I want some other machine that can do a few things better or faster than a Mendel.
- I want a Mendel, I can't get Mendel-printed parts, so I want a cheap, flimsy bootstrap machine that only needs to hold together long enough and with barely enough precision to print the parts for a complete Mendel. There are two approaches:
- a flimsy, slow, low-resolution device roughly similar to a Mendel, that is adequate for making slightly higher precision and more robust parts, that is gradually upgraded piece-by-piece until it *becomes* a Mendel.
- a flimsy, slow, low-resolution device that may or may not look anything like a Mendel, but is adequate for printing *all* the parts for a complete Mendel. Perhaps a MillStrap#Really_small_mill. Once the Mendel is up and running, the entire bootstrap device is disassembled and recycled.
- I want a RepRap 3D printer, can't afford or do not have access to Mendel printed parts, and want to build it from scratch with no intention to replace or upgrade to Mendel
We are currently collaborating on an improved bootstrap process at Development:McWire Successor.
External links to RepStraps
Developer's personal blogs and content about RepStrap
Oregon Institute of Technology RepStrap
FTIStrap - a RepStrap built from FischerTechnik parts
Mendel/Wood
Triffid Hunter's Wooden Mendel
RepStraps that are properly categorized on the RepRap wiki
Subcategories
This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
Pages in category "RepStrap"
The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.