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You may want to check out https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap which is exactly this type of 3D printer. I don’t think it’s 100% though
by wes-k 7y ago
You may want to check out https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap which is exactly this type of 3D printer. I don’t think it’s 100% though.
- kragen 7y agoWell, RepRap has the philosophy that self-replicating systems such as hedgehogs and raspberries need some definite set of “vitamins” available prefabricated in their environment for self-replication, and RepRap chose things like threaded rod, NEMA motors, hotends, and Arduinos as their vitamins. This was extremely successful at making 3-D printers mainstream — every popular 3-D printer out there derives from RepRap designs — but not at producing an exponentially growing quantity of 3-D printers printed by 3-D printers.