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  wildseyed
• Created on Jun 5, 2011

I've not yet put up a development page on the RepRap WIKI, but that is where the bulk of the development for this new RepRap design will occur. For now you can expect about five parts a week to be added until complete. Most parts are printed in twos and fours, so the total part count will be around 15.

I ran across the MTM Snap 3D CNC design by Johnathan Ward (http://mtm.cba.mit.edu/machines/mtm_snap-lock/), and was impressed by the apparent lack of hardware needed to assemble the frame. I thought to my self "This would make a nice, portable reprap..."

The MTM Snap 3D design is meant to be machine milled out of HDPE, and although it could very likely be RP printed, it would require a much larger print bed than what most of us have, so I'm borrowing the concept (and the snap feature), but am designing a new set of modular parts that can be snapped and assembled into a much larger piece.

You will notice that the walls of the Snapdragon are much thinner than those of the MTM Snap 3D. Economical use of filament is part of the story there, but I also feel that those thick wall are not needed for extrusion, are there is little resistance against the part from the head of the machine.
I'm working in SolidWorks, but if someone with OpenScad skills would care to port things over, I'll be happy to share the files.

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