Oh, shit yeah.
Check out what it can make! (All images taken from that link.) For starters, RepRap parts, themselves made by a RepRap:
Who needs a new pair of shoes? Not Daddy, he's got a RepRap!
Oh no, my door handle busted! Why go to the store when I can make one in my home:
Dammit, I need an adapter to fit tab A into slot B - but nobody makes one! Except RepRap:
Man, all this sitting around making things from nothing like a god has made me thirsty! Time to get my drink on:
OK, yeah, enough. Look, this is pure awesome. I need one. Who's got half a grand sitting around for me to buy one? I'll mail you the first copy, double-promise! Or, even better, send me your parts!
2 comments:
wait, seriously, this thing is only $500?
HOLY SHIT. DO WANT.
I don't think it's "only" $500, I'm pretty sure it's just the non-trivial parts that cost $500. Here's the relevant quote:
Today you could buy a commercial 3D printer that does not copy itself for bout US$20,000. The first RepRap machines can't quite make all of their parts - you have to buy a few standard ones to add on, like electronic chips. But together those extra parts cost about US$500. So take them, a couple of kilograms of plastic, and your time - and you have a RepRap machine.
But yeah, still: DO WANT.
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