User talk:Mccand
Mccand, TRap sounds cool. It looks as though you're planning on reinventing every subsystem. Which is very cool. I'd suggest doing it via a Ship of Theseus process. Build a WolfStrap, Eiffel, or Mendel using Contemporary Electronics, and once everything is working, only then replace each subsystem with a new and improved subsystem. This way you have a working 3D printer to bootstrap the new and improved 3D printer. This way is much more fun.
--Sebastien Bailard 21:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Re: Ship of Theseus
Sebastian, Agreed; A progressive build is easier, but what I'm proposing requires that an entirely mew control scheme be developed before anything would work. Anyhow, once I finish my Mendel, we can start testing stuff.
My background is mostly in mechanical design, so I was planning on using existing electrical systems (I am not skilled enough to redesign that) I think once I can produce parts on my own, the design will advance quickly. We'll see. What I really need is a teammate to keep me from losing interest, and who can do the programming. (Design is easy, maths are easy, software is hard.)
Thanks for the comments!
Mccand 21:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)