RepStraps
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.
Description | A collection of darwin repstraps needing catagorization
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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.
- 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.
RepStraps
Oregon Institute of Technology RepStrap
FTIStrap - a RepStrap built from FischerTechnik parts