Make a RepStrap Robot (Part 2) - Weekend Projects Podcast

This week we're building the hardware for the RepStrap! Working together with a team to build this robot was my favorite part of this whole process. The folks at Metalab, GRL Vienna, and Monochrome came together to make this project happen. At one time there were about 12 people all working on the project at 3 in the morning and the focus and excitement in the air was tangible. This project was on the same level as the drawbot and the near-space balloon. In all three of these projects, I've made great new friends out of sheer necessary and desperate collaboration!

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[joesmoe71]

I'm going to build one and have it start automatically cranking out Terminators!

[OhNoIBarfed]

ur gay... bre is cool

[crrider12564]

Very cool. Chaeck out my giant killer robot project vids

[vincentstockdaletv]

@demjp8RqDA okay i see what you mean and i like ur example of pcb btw i was having bad day when posted didnt mean to sound like a smarty pants

[demjp8RqDA]

@vincentstockdaletv Not necessarily. Say you want to prototype PC boards. With an X-Y-Z platform and a sharpie you could directly lay down marker ink onto a PCB. Marker ink works well as etch resist. You can't put a PCB into a printer AFAIK. There are toner transfer methods of doing this but they're clunky and the good transfer systems are a bit expensive. I've never had any luck with the cheap or free ones (like using magazine paper).

[Chwyn]

yeah cuzz i can do this is a weekend..

[vincentstockdaletv]

the pen idea is pointless because people have already done that its call printers

[bonesboy367]

@shaunh88 i used to just watch kipkay on make but i acedentally clicked here and now i like it

[97273998]

@joesmoe71 make it out of plastic so its easy to self replicate!

[97273998]

@joesmoe71 haha!!!!

[97273998]

@OhNoIBarfed XD