Quote Originally Posted by Skeen View Post
I think it's a bit of a shame, to be giving up on the self replication philosophy. And having a 3D printer motivates one, to create replacement parts on it.
I kind of agree with this, but I think that self-replectaion has it's place, but this isn't it. I'm pretty sure NewMatter didn't come out of the RepRap community, they're showing what can be done when self replecation isn't even a consideration.

And I'm pretty well convinced that the RepRap project has a lot of room to grow with regards to true self-replecation, and when it gets there, I'm pretty sure it will look completely different from what most people expect. (personally, I think the RepRap GUS Simpson is the most likely candidate for getting to 100% self replecation... But that's just me.)