I like the mini-Mendel, don’t get me wrong, but there isn’t nearly the kind of documentation for it as you would find for the full fledged Mendel. Sure, it’s a little cheaper, but a Mendel gives you nearly four times the build area. Since the price barrier to entry into the RepRap project just isn’t that high, the bigger issues are probably going to be quality of documentation, support, skill level required, and interest. Is there a detailed mini-Mendel construction guide somewhere?
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To my thinking there’s basically two optimal RepRap sizes (in terms of build area):
- A small RepRap with a build area just large enough to replicate it’s largest part, one at a time
- A large RepRap with a build area large enough to print all of it’s own parts in a single print job
Random tangent: wouldn’t it be cool if all RepRaps came with the designs for their own printed parts already on board? Just fire it up for the first time, calibrate, and start printing replacement parts. (I realize this isn’t quite feasible – in order to be ready-printable the files would need to be in S3G format and the machine would have to run the STL’s through it’s own Skeinforge settings).
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A MakerBot operator in the SF bay area just ordered a roll of blue, red, green, and yellow each. With any luck we’ll be splitting it up among five people. I can’t wait!
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