Roxy,

That was more than the answer I expected!Haha, I really appreciate you clearing that up for me. I'll look more into that Open_SCAD, however I might go with solidworks/autocad unless you can let me know about one I might like more. So an 8x8 bed would be safe, as for the printer and price tag, for a first you're saying the reprap. I need something that is really good quality print, so maybe if a bumped my budget up I could ensure that? Honestly you know best so maybe you could toss a few options out there at me.


Here are some other Items I may print (and similar would be what I would design).
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:264955/#collections
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:94920
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:246858/#made
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:261415