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RepRap

It prints plastic parts to help me in my plan to conquer the world ... bua-ha-haaa
  Hi LMR, I have finally decided to take on the challenge and build my own 3D printing machine. While I usually try doing things from scratch, this time I have … Read more
3d printing, a bit of 3d scanning
  Hello everyone ! Since this machine has just finished producing its first "offspring", i thought i would submit it here to commemorate. This is my first … Read more
walk gracefully under wind or other power
This is a mm scale model of Theo Jansen's Strandbeests suitable for printing with RepRap 3D printers - a work in progress. Not walking just yet, but got parts … Read more

CNC Machine V2 with RepRap Controller

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I finally finished my Fireball V90 CNC build.  In May, I got the frame, and I planned to use the motors and electronics I purchased for upgrading the Valkyrie-clone CNC.  So I made some NEMA-17 to NEMA-23 adapter plates from CD-R disks, and got it all up and running.  It's running off 12V for now, with 24V planned in the future.

 

Heated Build Platform for BFB Rapman 3.1

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Okay, so I have finally finished my BFB Rapman. Never mind that it took 6 months longer then expected, or that I had to shell out more then 700 dollars that a skilled person would not. Pass over the fact that my blood, sweat, tears, and more blood went into this thing. It works, and I am happy. But, I'm encountering a huge warping problem due to the acrylic surface that the rapid prototyping machine is building upon.

First Print on my Rapman

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A customary shotglass, with my new small business (manufacturing Darwin Parts) logo on the bottom.

This is an additive rapid prototyping machine that can print lots of its own parts, it replicates!
   This is my build of a Reprap v2 3D Printer, called a Mendel.  Since 2005, the inventors of the Reprap have been leading a now worldwide movement to create a … Read more

RepRap Stepper Driver v1.2 and Next Gen CNC

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In the picture from top-left, clockwise to bottom-left: the terminal block (24V power up to 13A), the 2 X-axis drivers, the Y-axis driver (blue heat sink), and the Z-axis driver (blue heat sink), the Arduino controller (direction x3/enable x3/step x3), and just below the terminal block there is a small 9V regulator board to shift 24V down to 9V for the Arduino.  Everything is mounted on an MDF board, and the board is mounted with baling wire.