Development Pathway
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Increased Resolution
Increased Build Area
Development:Mendel Apollo and MegaRap
Materials Selection
discussions of the pros and cons of various frame materials go in frame material.
discussions of the various materials that can be shaped by a RepRap are currently at MaterialsScience.
discussions of the various techniques used to shape various materials are currently at Materials/Appropriate Machines.
discussions of particular tool heads used on a RepRap to shape particular materials are at RepRapToolHeads and FutureToolIdeas.
Post-Mendel Designs
Basic Box
Basic Box is a waypoint to developing a RBS SplineScan cabinet.
RepStraps
MegaRap
Mendel is great, but I can currently
- Carry it through a standard doorway
- Lift it by myself
- Fit it in the back seat or trunk of a car
- Use it on a corner of my desk (as opposed to a dedicated room in a house, or a shed, garage, or barn)
We at RepRap agree this is a real problem. That's why MegaMendel is here to help!
Gert Joergensen has built the MegaMendel, a mighty machine with a build area of 766mm x 453mm x 497mm.
If that is not big enough, MegaRap is a (currently hypothetical) RepRap. It may be a PourStrap or WeldStrap and is definitely a CNC Router which can process 4 ft x 8 ft sheets of plywood, foam, etc.
Many people would like a CNC machine big enough to hold a "full-sized sheet" of 1.2 m × 2.4 m ( 4 feet × 8 feet, aka "four by eight" or "48 x 96") sheet of Wikipedia: plywood or MDF or other Wikipedia: engineered wood or foam, etc.; and then cut it into FlatPack parts.
Are there any good ideas we can take from larger devices -- the open-source torch table, the RouterStrap#MechMate, etc. -- that we can scale down and apply to the MegaRap?
Laser Cutter
PourStrap
FlatPack PourStrap
A Flatpack PourStrap is a PourStrap where the mold is made from sheets of acrylic or wood. The sheets are cut using a laser cutter, cnc router, or table saw.
SLSRap
SLSRap is a RepRap which SLSs its own optics fixtures like lens holders and so on.
By SLS, are you referring to selective laser sintering SLS Printer ?
Library
Along with a few dozen post-mendel and RepStrap designs, we want a library of 10,000 or so things to make with RepRaps.
See Available Files for parts we already have in our library.
Note, these Development Pathway notes may slightly replicate and encapsulate the Gada Prize stuff.
