Comments on: The 3D printing debate: for all, or not? https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-3d-printing-debate-for-all-or-not/2009/04/01 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Martin Stevens https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-3d-printing-debate-for-all-or-not/2009/04/01/comment-page-1#comment-413803 Sat, 02 May 2009 14:31:13 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2615#comment-413803 Derived from the RepRap, the RapMan has just been launched. The RepRap is great for developers and individuals with the skills to keep it working. The RapMan tries to take some of the issues out of the RepRap whilst retained all of its innovation. It has been strengthened and the extruder head made more reliable. It comes complete with its own electronics and once built is ready to run.

Launched as an education product,at GB£750 it seems to fit the bill for schools and colleges. Interestingly, there has been equal excitement from industry. I guess it is no surprise that a cost-effective product, far cheaper than some of the competition, will generate interest.

More information can be found on http://www.rap-man.com.

]]> By: General Fabb https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-3d-printing-debate-for-all-or-not/2009/04/01/comment-page-1#comment-407099 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:53:42 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2615#comment-407099 We also posted a rebuttal of the “five reasons” post here: http://www.fabbaloo.com/2009/03/five-reasons-why.html.

]]> By: Edward https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-3d-printing-debate-for-all-or-not/2009/04/01/comment-page-1#comment-403550 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:24:13 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2615#comment-403550 I am trying to obtain the parts right now, and I entirely agree that it is a pain to obtain them all. Buying an entire kit is easier, but way more expensive. MakerBot claims it will be selling kits on April 15th for 750 dollars, which is much cheaper than Bits from Bytes… which is 750 euros. Yet, that is still quite expensive. The cheapest way is to buy all the parts yourself and have a friend print out the plastic parts.

]]> By: Michel Bauwens https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-3d-printing-debate-for-all-or-not/2009/04/01/comment-page-1#comment-399028 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:34:13 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2615#comment-399028 Smári McCarthy:

RepRaps are awesome. Until you try to get the parts to build one. At
that point you’ll notice two things:

– parts are incredibly hard to source despite the best efforts of the
RepRap team

– kits containing all the parts are alarmingly expensive

That said, I still really like RepRaps and look forward to
improvements in sourcing. 🙂

I saw a sneak preview of RepRap v3.0 the other day over
videoconference… it’s bigger and substantially cooler.

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