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
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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 that doesn't make its own parts, but is intended to make parts for a RepRap.

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.

We are currently collaborating on an improved bootstrap process at Development:McWire Successor.