RepStrap 1 0 Seedling
RepStrap v1.0 "Seedling"
This is the holder page for the future documentation on the 'Seedling' RepStrap machine.
Overview
Mechanics
The mechanics are how you move the toolheads around in 3D space.
This machine is designed around the McWire Cartesian Bot which is an easy 3-axis design. You could also theoretically use any other 3-axis cartesian machine as well for the basis of your machine.
Electronics
The electronics are the brains of a RepRap system.
One of the things we've striven for in this project to achieve modularity with our designs. The electronics system is one area where this is fairly simple. There are basically two interfaces between the various systems: the computer/reprap interface and the electronics/machine interface. These are generally the same regardless of which system of electronics you are using.
Read more on the electronics system or skip to the generation 2 electronics.
Toolheads
The toolheads are the things that actually do interesting work.
Currently, there is only one toolhead that is ready for general use, the Thermoplastic Extruder. However, eventually we would like to support many different toolheads from simple markers for drawing to support material extruders to paste extruder to lasers for cutting/sintering to wax deposition heads for doing metal casting. If you have a toolhead that does not heavily stress the cartesian bot, then it would be well suited for the RepRap platform.
