Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: RepRap

On Friday 12 January 2007 17:15, Charles Anderson wrote:

> The problem with reprap and machines similar to it is that they work
> like a printer or plotter i.e. within a box.
>
> However "Thinking outside the box" is a phrase that could have a lot of
> potential for this application.
>
> A lathe can work on larger pieces of material than itself, and the other
> day I saw the carvewrigtht machine working (a cnc woodworking machine
> that is like a printer, but can work on much larger pieces of wood).
>
> The resultant machine would just need to be able to make components
> larger than its own physical size.
>
>
> Regards Charles
>

I suppose you could have a table you slide in and out of a 3D printer, or have
it trundle along rails or treads, if you want to get fanciful, but you're
better off designing assemblies and subcomponents, printing them out as a
number of jobs on however many machines you have, and then assembling them.

-Sebastien