Revision as of 03:16, 21 July 2009

Introduction

Briefly

RepRap is a form of Universal Constructor. A Universal Constructor is a machine that can copy itself. The idea was originally von Neumann's.

Chris of HydraRaptor just printed a set of parts for the Factor e Farm RepRap. See his blog post on the replication.

Here are some additional pictures:

The newest generation of reprap electronics is Generation 3. http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/Generation3Electronics

Here is Edward, one of our True Fans, holding up the semi-completed Motherboard which he will use to build Factor e Farm's first RepRap machine:

The chips come in kits that must be soldered and surface mounted.

Here is Edward and a friend working on the Motherboard and Extruder Controller.

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