I've been building RepRaps (or at least trying to), for about 18 months now. I've learned so much in the past year, and I'm so glad I decided to go this route for my 3D printer. How long has everyone else here been RepRapping for?
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I've been building RepRaps (or at least trying to), for about 18 months now. I've learned so much in the past year, and I'm so glad I decided to go this route for my 3D printer. How long has everyone else here been RepRapping for?
Well i know about reprap for a few years now, But i build mine in august, So not that long ago. ;)
A few years ago with the prusa mendel/prusa i2, well i found them to prototypie at the start, I didnt realy felt like placing that in my room.
About a year since I built by first Reprap, a Printrbot+. Built ca 8 since then. Startet talking about it on the internet about 13 weeks ago.
I built my first printer (Prusa i2) about 2 months ago. I couldn't imagine buying a pre-built machine, building it was half the fun!
Unsure how long... Maybe we're on our second anniversary (me and the reprap that is!)
Around 15 month, my first printer was a Nophead Mendel90 first edition. Now with 3 printer and 4 is on its way :)
I built my first Mendel in 2010. Got away from them for a while (we were into Cupcakes for a couple of years) and jumped back in with the Prusa i3 last year and build a couple of them. There is a night and day difference in print quality with the new models and Joe Prusa has been very helpful to my son and myself with build instructions.
I'm hoping there is something new from JPru (hehehe) soon! (Prusa4 git was made a few months/weeks back, still empty).
In the mean time I'm going to build my own JunkRAP...
Going to find as much rubbish as I can... I know it's been done many times, but I'd like to see how much pure crap I can make it out of.
To cheat I will use a RAMPS/Pololu setup and I have and some extruder parts.
Round 3 years. Builded Prusa i2, i3 Mendel90, Some of own designs, Couple of Max i3 20 Idea Labs, Summing all The best time there was 10 printers in office builded at all over 100
I built my prusa i2 about a year ago, but only recently i have begun using it. (i've been fairly stressed out because of my education the last 6-8 months)
I've been around for 2 years. Only now am I finally starting to grasp everything though :)
I was introduced to Repraps and 3D printing almost two years ago while I was senior in college. Penn State actually offers a 3D printing/reprap class and I jumped at the opportunity. I've been following forums and news every since. Purchased a Robo3D printer 6 months ago and plan on using it to build a reprap I'm designing.
Since im new. Whohoooo. First post.
I got into reading about 3d printers about 4 or 5 years back. Jumped back and forurth at that time as I din't have the time to build one. Looked at all kinds of printers and am in the process of building my own version of a rostock printer. Although some may ask, why a rostock which is outdated. Well I think I have solved the main issue with the rostock design which is the torsional stability of the printer. Some may ask why still a rostock as the kossel design has been proven to be more stable. And the answer is simple. I plan on building a heated printer. The rostock design lends itself better to modifications I plan on making. As of now my build is roughly 30% complete.
hi! iam new to 3d printing. which model of reprap would you recommend on a newbie like me.
Prusa i3 printer seems to be the most well documented as well as the most widely used design. It also seems like the lowest cost and easiest to put together. I am doing a rostock derivative printer as my first, and the challenges are many it seems. Its why I chose it.
I am real new to 3d Printing, however been working in AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, and Mastercam since DOS Days
So what kind of printer do you have? What kind of printer are you building/considering? I love to read build logs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tachout
I bought and built a Makerfarm i3v. My 13 year old daughter and I put the kit together. Since putting it together I have come up with a couple of things I might want to change. Later when I have it doing jobs for me I do plan on building one with a 2'-0" x 2'-0" or 2'-0" x 3'-0" bed on it. Should be interesting. I am still learning right now but I can see how it could be built. I am going to have to learn quite a bit about the electronics, and I plan on running a dual power supply, one for the machine, and one just for the beds. I also plan on changing how the case is as I want to integrate my power supplies into the cars of the printer. Other than that I am really happy so far with it.