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Not in the sense that parent post is alluding too. reprap printers use "vitamins" - the electronics, motors, hardware - in addition to the printed parts. Bein
by lostapathy 9y ago
Not in the sense that parent post is alluding too. reprap printers use "vitamins" - the electronics, motors, hardware - in addition to the printed parts.
Being able to print a motor would remove the need to buy motors.
- phkahler 9y ago>> Being able to print a motor would remove the need to buy motors. Not every part needs to be "printed". Motor laminations can be CNC cut or laser cut from sheet stock. Then you stack them, bolt them together and add windings. For PM machines you slide some magnets into slots on the rotor. Done. This is fairly easy for hobbyists to do given a good design.
- jononor 9y agoTo build a 3d-printer you don't need to print a single part. But the goal of the Reprap project is to explore and develop maximally self-replicating machines. Some of the results are useful, some maybe not so much. The idea can be applied outside 3d-printers as well. Here is a CNC machine you can CNC (including motion/drivetrain) https://github.com/fellesverkstedet/fabricatable-machines/blob/master/README.md#hank---medium-format-cnc-mill https://github.com/fellesverkstedet/fabricatable-machines/bl... One of my personal interests is in making it possible to replicate an full makerspace/fablab by visiting an existing one. Bootstrap one or two digital fabrication machine by borrowing access, then build everything else with those in your own lab. This benefits from high degree of self- or co-replicability.