RepRap: opensource self-replicating rapid fabricator


	RepRap: opensource self-replicating rapid fabricator
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4d51beca-4ea3-4196-824d-147a5b31f61d/DA81AD9F-5915-4CDC-B583-0B3E6A5BBD21/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome" href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome" style="font-size: 11px;">reprap.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome"><DIV class="twikiLeft">
<A href="http://reprap.org/"><IMG border="0" alt="Home" src="http://reprap.org/pub/rr-logo-sixth-green.gif" /></A><SMALL><FONT color="#ff0000"><EM>"Wealth without money..."</EM></FONT></SMALL>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/reprap.org/img/4A44B535-62B1-4BDE-B112-A1481B7FDBCA" alt="complete replicated machine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">"Think of RepRap as a China on your desktop."<EM><DD><FONT size="-2">- Chris DiBona, Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc., 8 April 2008.</FONT></DD></EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome"><FONT>RepRap</FONT> is short for <FONT>Rep</FONT>licating <FONT>Rap</FONT>id-prototyper.  It is the practical self-copying 3D printer shown on the right - a self-replicating machine.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">To give you an idea of how robust,
think Lego bricks and you're in the right area. You
could make lots of useful stuff, but interestingly you could also make
most of the parts to make another 3D printer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">cheapest commercial machine</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome"> about €30,000.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">So what
the <A href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRap" class="twikiLink">RepRap</A> team are doing is to develop and to give away the designs
for a much cheaper machine with the novel capability of being able to
self-copy (material costs are about €400).  That way it's
accessible to small communities in the developing world as well as
individuals in the developed world.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/reprap.org/img/B936231F-42C1-4BF0-90D2-B5515F9002CF" alt="RepRap version 1.0 " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome"><A href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRap" class="twikiLink">RepRap</A> achieved self-replication</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">on 29 May 2008</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">in the UK</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">see the <A href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRapOneDarwin" class="twikiLink">Make RepRap Darwin</A> link</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">and for ways to get the bits and pieces you need, see the <A href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/PartsSupplies" class="twikiLink">Obtaining Parts</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DA81AD9F-5915-4CDC-B583-0B3E6A5BBD21/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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