RepRap: 3D printers that print 3D printers. Another successful project

In 2005, the RepRap project was founded, the purpose of which is to create such a 3D printer that could "print" its own brothers. This project was founded by British engineer Adrian Bowyer. Since then, the project has grown into a community with many technical experts. The ideal printer for the community sees such a device that could reproduce their own kind without the need to acquire additional details. But this is ideal, which is hardly achievable in the near future. However, there are successful projects of this type, and about one of them - below.

So, Nicholas Seward, founder of Concept Forge, created a device that can reproduce their own kind, with a minimum amount of additional hardware and electronics. At the moment, he has created several variants of 3D printers of his own design, and even gave them names: Morgan, Simpson and Wally.



At the moment, according to the creator, his devices have the highest rate of duplicated spare parts, in relation to the total number of parts needed to create a new printer. In order to use these devices to build a new printer, you need 60 hours, plastic for $ 20, electronics for $ 150 and some more money for bolts, screws, nuts and more.



Nicholas is going to launch a campaign on Kickstarter, the purpose of which is to receive funds for mass production of printers that he has already created. According to him, a set of parts for assembling a printer will cost $ 450, and a functional, already assembled device will cost $ 600. At the moment, as far as one can judge, this is the lowest price for a 3D printer (in the comments showed that this is not so).

Drawings of the devices he created will be available on the Web within a week, after Seward “reaches out” all the necessary elements.

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