What is the Reprap Project? Bottle Opener Time Lapse

[Nati0us]

Awesome job, infinitely better than day31 example

[oneyaker]

Nice toy tool with very limited uses at this point. Great for "form" prototyping, not much for "function". Building some of its own structural parts is very far away from manufacturing durable, functional, dimensionally precise consumer products or tools which depend on materials far more difficult to process and processes far more difficult to implement than this machine will be able to do. Access to material controlled by monopoly may be a bottleneck.

[GeoDroidJohn]

@oneyaker I'd agree that it's a "toy" of sorts, in that I enjoy "playing"with it. Much like others enjoy playing with their toy ATVs, Cars, Stereos, Musical Instruments, Art Supplies.

I wouldn't agree that it is limited, based on the fact that thingiverse alone has over 25 thousand designs and more being added everyday.

I'm not concered about making consumer grade products. Just stuff. Most of that stuff IS durable, functional, and precise.

Making our own feedstock is well on it's way.

[kennethmysterio]

ohh im amazed by your print quality, really nice, mine is getting better and better to :)

[GeoDroidJohn]

@kennethmysterio keep us updated with your progress. Make some videos!

[ChrisD4335]

I do believe your time would be better spent learning to make these items by hand, after all part of the problem is we expect machines to do everything and people are losing the ability to be anything by themselves

[GeoDroidJohn]

@ChrisD4335 I'm curious how "by hand" you mean? This machine is a tool. It would be a waste of time trying to learn how to build everything by hand that this machine can build. It requires no training as I would. Yet makes parts it has never seen before with precision. I could waste many hours trying to whittle a bottle opener from a log. At least I can go and live my life while I print do-dads and what-nots.

[jeznaver]

@ChrisD4335 AFAIK, Our hands cannot extrude molten plastic at extreme accuracy not without some tool. A machine is nothing but a tool that extends human capability. Also humans are capable of design, tools do not. And when we design, do we not use our hands?