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* slatwall (Is this the same as T-slots routed into MDF ?) [http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/i-need-t-track]
* slatwall (Is this the same as T-slots routed into MDF ?) [http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/i-need-t-track]
* fischertechnik parts -- [[FTIStrap]] is the first RepStrap to succeed in printing 3D objects
* fischertechnik parts -- [[FTIStrap]] is the first RepStrap to succeed in printing 3D objects
* The Phenostream Robotics [http://www.phenostream.com/gallery.aspx BuildPlate construction system] looks like a quick way to assemble hand-sized robots
* [http://www.inventables.com/technologies/makerslide Makerslide]
* [http://www.inventables.com/technologies/makerslide Makerslide]
* [http://openbuildspartstore.com/ OpenBuilds]
* [http://openbuildspartstore.com/ OpenBuilds]

Revision as of 05:10, 13 August 2020

Frame and fastener

Plastic brick

Steel rod

  • 8 mm threaded steel rod (aka "threaded rod" or "allthread" or "M8 studding"): Many RepRaps and RepStraps use all-thread as a easily-adjustable frame material. Many also have at least one axis driven by a "lead screw" of 8 mm threaded road or nearly equivalent 5/16" threaded rod that acts as a worm gear, turned by a stepper motor, that pushes parts back and forth. A few use bigger sizes such as M12 and M10 threated rods in the BiBONE[2] or smaller sizes such as the 1/4 inch threaded rod used in smaller SAE Mendel machines.
  • 8 mm smooth steel rods (aka smooth rod, aka "drill rod"): Most RepRaps and RepStraps have parts that slide back and forth on 8 mm or nearly equivalent 5/16" smooth rod. A few RepStraps (Template:Tag) spin a smooth rod with their motor rather than a threaded rod. A few use other sizes such as the 12 mm smooth rod used by HaMendel[3] and BiBone. "O1 drill rod" ? "A2 drill rod" ?

Conduit or pipe

1/2 inch

16 mm

3/4 inch

20 mm

25 mm

1 inch

Other

  • low-cost softwood dimensional lumber, roughly 18x45mm and 18x70mm (close enough to "1x2" and "1x4"), bolted together -- 1X2 and WolfStrap
  • poplar planks -- Tommelise
  • extruded aluminum L rails
  • cut sheets without any plastic printed parts (RepStrap):
  • Hybrid: cut sheets and plastic printed parts complementing each other:

References