ItemsMade

Items Made

This page shows some example objects made by prototype and production RepRap machines. They are in reverse chronological order - most recent first. A lot of these are steps on the road to having the machine copy itself rather than more instantly-appealing utility items like coat hooks, iPod cases, car headlamp housings and so on. We make no apology for this - as any biologist will appreciate, having the machine copy itself is the most useful possible thing we can make it do, and is the primary goal of the whole project.

Almost all these were done by Vik Olliver, who clearly takes advantage of the 48-hour days they have south of the equator...

A page on part development to achieve replication can be found here.

<div class="thumb tright"> </div>	"Mighty RepRap Power Ring", fabricated from PLA then sprayed with nearly-gold paint. 14 January 2008
<div class="thumb tright"> </div>	Bed Corner and Diagonal Studding Brackets (top one using "fast cornering" software) made in PLA by Vik on his RepRap v1.0 "Darwin". Minimal touching up needed on the later parts. 13 January 2008
<div class="thumb tright"> </div>	The X restraint bracket, X idler and clamps made in PLA by Vik on his RepRap v1.0 "Darwin". Only 2 slots needed to be widened with a dremmel tool. 21 October 2007
	Martini, anyone? Made by Vik on his RepRap v1.0 "Darwin", and yes - it is (water)x Gin-tight. 12 October 2007
<div class="thumb tright"> </div>	RepRap Darwin corner bracket made from PLA on the RepRap "Zaphod". 28 May 2007
	Different materials... This shows RepRap making a flask from polylactic acid. 15 May 2007
	An extruded extruder extrudes... The first image shows the parts for a RepRap extruder made by RepRap itself in polycaprolactone. The second image shows the two complete RepRap polymer extruders. The one on the right was made in a commercial RP machine. The one on the left was made by the one on the right - the first complete self-replicated functioning RepRap part. The new extruder is shown starting to extrude for itself. 6 March 2007
	The RepRap shot glass. It is now a tradition that - when anyone makes a RepRap machine - the first item they make is this shotglass, so they can toast the machine using something that it itself has made. 13 January 2007
	A working gear train made by RepRap. 2 January 2007
	RepRap makes Tux the Penguin. 17 November 2006
	RepRap makes its first part for itself. The top picture shows it under construction. The second shows it fitted and working. 23 September 2006
	RepRap makes its own logo... 13 September 2006
	The first STL-file-defined object made by a RepRap machine. 17 July 2006
	This is the first complete object out of a RepRap machine. It is a test hexagon made in polycaprolactone. 13 June 2006

-- Main.AdrianBowyer - 27 Aug 2007