Please do not add to this page. (It is slightly overcrowded as it is.)

This Page Contains multiple RepRap development projects and should be split up. Each individual project/design/improvement should have its own development page within an encompassing category.

Rep Straps

Description	A collection of darwin repstraps needing catagorization
License
Author	unknown
Contributors
Based-on	Darwin
Categories	Category:Darwin RepStrap
CAD Models
External Link

This page has been flagged as containing duplicate material that Category:RepStrap also attempts to cover.
These pages should be merged such that both pages do not attempt to cover the duplicate topics.

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]

approaches

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.
- often these people build or buy a relatively rugged CNC Mill, briefly use it as a MillStrap to print out a set of Mendel parts, and then return to using it as a milling machine.
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.