FABRICATION PART 2
(Posted 2009-02-19 18:48:34 by ArchPaladin)

A number of years ago I wrote about home fabrication [
https://www.archpaladin.net/2007/05/04/home-fabrication/ ]
[archpaladin.net].

I've been checking back in with the fab@home site.  They appear to not have
advanced much, which is sad to see.  I've also found out about RepRap [
http://reprap.org/ ] [reprap.org], which appears to be the hobbyist model
of choice for home fabbers, rather than the Fab@Home kit.  Looking at the
differences between the kits, RepRap appears to have a larger printing
area, more contributors, and is more dedicated to the hobbyist mindset. 
There's also thingiverse [ http://www.thingiverse.com/ ] [thingiverse.com],
which is dedicated to the sharing of digital blueprints for physical
objects.  As a tech guy who is primarily familiar with the software world,
I find this last site particularly interesting.

Nevertheless, I look at all this and I find it somewhat disappointing that
the fabrication community moves as slowly as it does.  I think there are a
lot of confounding factors as to why that is, but not being involved in the
community at all, I couldn't identify the greatest bottlenecks.

It is still something I would like to try though.  Perhaps one day when I
have more time - say after graduation.  If I do in fact have more time
then.

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