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Originally Posted by cstreit
I wonder what the effective resolution is? Could you build small gears?
Pretty cool stuff. Wonder when something like this is truly consumerized?
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Curious about the resolution myself. Right now, it's fairly well affordable, if that's what you mean by "consumerised" -- The RepRap is an "open source" project and is capable of printing a large amount of it's own parts, so it's mostly self0replicating as is.
Back in 1999 I made a prototype mount for a certain type of guitar pickup to fit where it shouldn't. I proved the design could work without altering it's internal structure, wheras competing designs altered the structure drastically, and changed the tone too much.
Unfortunately, I was never able to put it into production because of the cost of tooling up for plastic injection.
However... with a 3d printer like the RepRap...I can print them!
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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
I was just instructed to build one. Or at least confirm the 500 Euro cost estimate....
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I'm told about $1000 to build the kit, or you can get the
"BotMill" version for around $1400...