Tag: foldarap
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(2017) Printing parts for RC
Before we moved house, and before we discovered that the years of practice had paid off, I had got involved in the field of Radio Control. Looking up to the skies, dreaming of what it might be like to enjoy that freedom, RC presented another way to indulge that fantasy. After playing around with a…
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(2017) ReCalibration
At the end of 2015, my wife and I moved house. We said goodbye to what had been our home for the past 7 years and moved up the road to a bigger place for our expanding family. Speaking of expanding family – babies really eat into your free time. FoldaRap went to bed and…
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(2014) J-Head for Foldarap
After some experiments and prints with the original Print head for FoldaRap, I decided that it just wouldn’t cut it. The J-Head for RepRap was betting much more love and E3D had launched their very successful all metal hot end as an alternative. I really wanted one of those. Using OpenSCAD I designed a mounting…
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(2013) Building a 3D printer
2013 was a busy year for me. Having got married the year before, I decided that it would be a good year to make a 3D printer. After investigating many RepRap projects, I settled on FoldaRap. This was on the basis that it folds away, so it wouldn’t take up too much space in our…