Category:RepStrap
Description | A collection of repstraps
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These pages should be merged such that both pages do not attempt to cover the duplicate topics.
This page is a list of all RepStraps.
A 3d printing machine which can be used to make a RepRap, but is not a reprap itself, as it wasn't made by something like itself. Often sold in kit form or custom-made from scrounged parts
Recommendations
WolfStrap and the newer 1X2 and 1X2 Tallcat machines seem to be the most popular.
Background
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!
If there is a page on the RepRap wiki that describes a RepStrap but is not listed on this page, please edit that page and put the
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approaches
- Consider merging this section into What Tooling Do You Have.
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.
- 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
- I want a 3D printer that is capable of printing parts and printing a Mendel, so I will purchase a commercial machine or a commercial kit.
- I want a 3D printer that is capable of printing parts and printing a Mendel, shares all of the same hardware as a Mendel, but is not 3D printed itself. A wood (WoodenMendel) , metal (MetalMendel) or cast plastic printer (Clonedel) falls into this category.
Subcategories
This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
Pages in category "RepStrap"
The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.