Plastobot
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Release status: Experimental
Description | reprap with plastic frame
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License | GPL
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Introduction
This is the idea to completeley make the frame of the reprap out of PLA/ABS (or similar materials). This should be
achievable by replacing the metal smooth rods of former designs with plastic ones. By that i do not mean solid rods of
plastic but more likely pipe like shapes with some stabelizing inner build like a number(#)-sign or maybbe a cross(+) would
even sufice. Since this design will most definateley have some stability issues we will have to think of a way to bring
stability in without increasing difficulty of assembly too much as well as keeping amount of needed material as low as
possible (and thus hopefully cost as well;).
To give the Plastobot the abillity to reproduce the rods itself i thought of splitting long parts into smaller ones and
have a click system, like many plastic products nowadays have, connect them. Wether or not this option has too much of a
negative effect on stability and how to reduce it remains to be seen in tests.