Historical note
How it all began? First, I wanted to replace a small part in a model. A trak segment, perhaps - I do not remember. I used couple of approaches, and at some point, after I got another ugly failure, that haven't had a single straight line, I thought "if only I had a 3d printer!"
Then, just out of curiocity, I looked up models and prices in the Internet.
I expected prices to start at 50 K... Well... There are printers that cost that much. However, the "entry level" prices began at 200. Dollars, not thousands. And I suddenly realized, that I want one of those toys for myself.
And yes, it looked complicated at the beginning. But few weeks later I was able to make improvements, and it was (and still is) fun.
Prusa i2: the classics.
Simple, forgiving and very reliable 3d printer.
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Reprap Pyramid
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3d printer with increased size of print area. Prusa i2 could be called a "perfect" reprap if not for its limited height of a
printing area: it only has 20x20x12(up to 15 if you try really hard) cm.
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Reprap Next
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Cost efficient way to double your i2's printing area's height. The idea is to alter the Reprap Prusa i2 at an absolute minimum cost, in order to get 21-24 cm of print height. Note, that, unlike in Reprap Pyramid, we are not going to purchase longer smooth rods: we'll reuse the 30 cm ones. We are only going to need some (not all) new plastic parts and new threaded rods ($3-4 on a local construction market). The rest: hardware, electronic components etc. - is the same.
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"Perfect" Direct Extruder.
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A simple and precise direct extruder for Prusa Reprap. Sooner or later, every Reprap builder creates a new extruder design. This particular Direct Extruder is very simple, requires (almost) no fine-tuning and can be opened/closed fast, which is a big advantage.
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