RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: reprat build started

Hi Mike,

Sounds like you've got something cooking! 80/20? :>)

I'm anxious to see it! Let me know if you need a beta tester...

Alan KM6VV

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Payson
>
> Self replication and rigidity are not mutually exclusive... Watch this
> space for my new printer design announcement coming in the next 72
> hours or so. :-)
>
> I agree that some people take the self-replication thing a bit too
> seriously, but the self-replication goal is the only thing that has
> allowed the reprap to make the progress that it has over the last 5
> years. Not only does self-replication lowers the bar to entry by
> lowering the cost, it also makes it trivial to try new ideas, which is
> what has let us push the bar so far in our print quality.
>
> I do agree that there is a huge hang up on the threaded rod thing.
> They work and they are cheap, but they don't work all /that/ well, and
> they are not that much cheaper than the alternatives. Anyway, that
> will be changing in the next few days.
>