FoldaRap, the Folding Reprap
Description
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More on the regularly updated wiki : reprap.org/wiki/FoldaRap
More pics/vids on flickr : flickr.com/photos/watsdesign/tags/foldarap/
After 5-7 months of development, I'm now able to travel around the town/country/world with my little folding RepRap ! Which still have a 140x140x140mm build area :D
Almost every files are here (the BOM is on the wiki), and the Sketchup models for those who want to play with it :)
Github repo here : github.com/EmmanuelG/Foldarap
I started by a folding reprap the size of a Mendel, based on my VertX, then a smaller version more Huxley-transportable, and finally I'm developping this one build with aluminium t-slot extrusions. It's the first iteration of the Folding RepRap.
(main pic by Belowdesign : flic.kr/p/dW6tMP)
Instructions
Mix a bunch of 20x20 aluminium extrusion, some t-nuts, printed parts...
Shake.
Voilà : a Foldable RepRap !
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1) Download Sketchup to see the model assembled, folded, and play with it to get familiar with how it's made.
2) Get the latest version of the .stl from the Github repository or export them from the Sketchup source file (with this famous plugin guitar-list : guitar-list.com/download-software/convert-sketchup-skp-files-dxf-or-stl
3) Print the parts with your favorite machine (need to be well calibrated)
4) Order the things you need, (look at the BOM), with a preference for local suppliers if you can.
5) Assemble (based on the 3d-model and all the pictures/video on the wiki/flickr)
6) Enjoy to easily travel with your sturdy and foldable reprap :)
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(replaced some old .stl's, but github is still the preferable location to download all the files)
replaced the y-end-idler and y-end-motor to match the overall use of M3 bolts
I really want one!
By the way, your kitify site is blank.
Matt
now also on Github ! (thanks to github-for-windows that make it usable for me now ^^)
excellent work!! I've been printing the parts. did u design the front left and front right foot to be very tight? coz Im having a hard time to slot the aluminium extrusion in to the little T-nut like printed hole. Im using bosch extrusion by the way. wouldn't it be a good idea to replace the t-nut thing to a hole that is fixed by actual t-nuts and screws?
I first used a hole instead of the t-profile, but after having tried it I though it could save some of these costly t-nuts ^^'
I'm printing them with a 0.5mm nozzle and with 1 perimeter, (the gap between the parts and the extrusion is 0.2-0.4 mm from each side so 0.4-0.8 mm in total), it's supposed to be a little tight for these part to allow a push-fit assembly with just one nut+bolt to secure it.
For the hinge that shou
ld slide on the extrusion, they just need to be moved manually for a few minutes until it slide as smoothly as desired :)
(I'm using KJN extrusion, they should be similar to the bosch http://www.aluminium-profile.c... )
added the y-carriage that I had forgotten, and also a .zip to download all the files at once :)
Do you have a place where all the stl have been exported?
I export them from sketchup as needed.
And I upload them progressively while printing/validating them now.
(I plan to use only M3 but my prototype use M3 and M4, so I need to rerecheck everything ^^'). Anyway I think I will upload all the .stl for those who don't use sketchup, and then re-upload them if they change.
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is there a good source for the laser cut parts?
I can add them to Ponoko if you like, otherwise I'd say any local laser shop/fablab/hackerspace that can cut it for you :)