retrointerfacing
  • DIY
    • Arduino
    • fablab
    • fabrication
    • blinky
    • home improvement
    • imaging
    • Processing
    • rapid prototyping
    • recycling
    • repair
  • design
  • robotics
  • retrointerfaces
  • creative technology
  • expo
  • music
  • Home
  • / DIY /
  • fablab
  • /
  • fabrication
  • /
  • Robotics
  • /
  • Personal Fabrication

Personal Fabrication

February 5, 2009DIY, fablab, fabrication, Roboticsreprap, repstrap

I’m really enthusiastic about the reprap project. The whole Idea of having a printer that can print functioning parts, just on your desktop is .. well.. cool. The reprap is a machine that can replicate part of its own parts. However, to build one from scratch you get a certain ‘bootstrap’ problem.. Hence you have to start out with a ‘repstrap’. Or simpler said, build a 3d extruder/printer/milling machine from scratch so you can make the parts for a reprap machine or any other design.

This is the first post on this subject, the X-axis of the machine is more-or-less finished. Parts used are:

  • M5 threaded rod
  • stepper motor and bearings from 5 1/4” diskdrive
  • MDF and screws
  • two slider-bearings from a kitchen drawer

Normal ball-srews have a larger pitch, so the cart can travel faster. This cheap solution using normal screw end is probably going to be rather slow… Oh well.. you have to start somewhere.. I made this part in one evening in the lab with the Spullenmannen, after a toko on OpenFrameworks and ComputerVision.

printerxaxis

diskdrive1 diskdrive2 diskdrivebearing parts bearingmount motormount mdf

Comments

Write a Reply or Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Archives

  • November 2017
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • July 2015
  • August 2014
  • March 2013
  • December 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • May 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • November 2005

Calendar

December 2023
M T W T F S S
« Nov    
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Categories

  • Arduino
  • blinky
  • Creative Technology
  • design
  • DIY
  • expo
  • fablab
  • fabrication
  • home improvement
  • imaging
  • music
  • Processing
  • rapid prototyping
  • Raspberry Pi
  • recycling
  • repair
  • retrointerfaces
  • Robotics
  • Uncategorized

Copyright retrointerfacing 2023 | Theme by Theme in Progress | Proudly powered by WordPress