[Noisebridge-discuss] MakerBot vs. RepRap

[Martin Bogomolni]

Also -- MakerBot is geared toward postitive deposition of material.
ABS material in our case, and can make things about the size of a
cupcake.

A RepRap is able to have a toolhead switched out to do carving (by
installing a router) and can thus be used for creating objects by
removing material.   The RepRap is a slightly more flexible machine in
this regard.    See the McWire RepStrap for more info on a simple
RepRap style machine.   We have a completed McWire bot in the shop ..
somewhere.

-Martin

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> The makerbot is basically a spiffied up version of the reprap.
> The reprap is *theoretically* supposed to be able to make its own parts; the
> makerbot has no such goal, afaik.
> --S
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Al Billings <albill at openbuddha.com> wrote:
>>
>> What is the advantage (or disadvantage) of a MakerBot vs. a RepRap? I
>> haven't been following the MakerBot stuff previously.
>>
>> Al
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