Mendel to the power of 101 [12/21/2010]

[Nophead has been clearly deeply dedicated to producing RepRap parts.  It’s pretty incredible he could run his printers around the clock for 9 months to produce more than 100 RepRap part sets.  This comes out to about 3 days for each set.  The RepRap website has a wealth of information on all the different kinds of RepRaps that can be built – but it doesn’t look like there’s any longer one “official” recommended build.  The strength of the movement – diverse ideas, highly configurable and customizable designs, can make it very daunt for someone just getting started.  I’m honestly not sure where I would get started if I wanted to scratch-build a RepRap these days.  After noodling around with a few of the models, I’m guessing it might be possible to build a set of modern RepRap parts in as little as 12 hours.]

Nophead of the HydraRaptor blog is probably the most prolific producer of plastic RepRap parts.  He recently posted that he’s run his 3D printers¹ just about constantly for the last year, printing 101 sets of Mendel parts.

1. Misnamer [11/28/2010]
2. The Lost Blog Posts
3. Plastruder! [Draft 12/25/2009]
4. UNTITLED [Draft 12/25/2009]
5. Preparing to print [Draft 12/27/2009]
6. More prints [Draft 01/04/2010]
7. Prototype Pricing [Draft 01/19/2010]
8. MakerBot tuning [Draft 01/20/2010]
9. Plastic Screw Anchor [Draft 02/02/2010]
10. Magic [Draft 02/03/2010]
11. How are you printing with PLA? [Draft 02/16/2010]
12. Rebuilding my extruder [Draft 02/16/2010]
13. MY robot [Draft 02/18/2010]
14. more things i learned [Draft 02/20/2010]
15. First commissioned piece! [Draft 02/22/2010]
16. MakerBot: Toy or Tool? [02/25/2010]
17. Idea for Skeinforge settings… [Draft 03/27/2010]
18. RepRap and MakerBot alternatives [Draft 04/05/2010]
19. RepRap Parts for Sale [Draft 04/07/2010]
20. Where is the Othercutter? [Draft 06/08/2015]
21. Mendel Parts – Printed, Cast, CNC’d, Lasercut or Injection Molded? [Draft 04/12/2010]
22. MakerBot Operator’s Manual [06/04/20210]
23. MakerBot on CBS! [07/07/2010]
24. New Print: Soft-Pawed Albino Stoat of South Wales Cookie Cutter [07/07/2010]
25. House calls [07/11/2010]
26. Digital assistant? [08/05/2010]
27. MakerBot + Junk = Stuff! [08/06/2010]
28. Design choices in RepRap, Goals of RepRap [08/14/2010]
29. Upgrades and obsolescence [08/25/2010]
30. Dear Anonymous [08/25/2010]
31. The ultimate in customer service [08/26/2010]
32. Open Source Makes You Smarter [08/27/2010]
33. Getting my Plastruder MK5 running [09/06/2010]
34. Weird new kind of spam [09/19/2010]
35. An open letter to Ms. Word [10/18/2010]
36. Printing with PLA again! [10/18/2010]
37. Halloween costume too [10/27/2010]
38. Dream jobs [10/29/2010]
39. The nuances of time travel [10/31/2010]
40. Printed Pink Panther Person [11/22/2010]
41. Skein them all and let ‘Bot sort them all out [11/24/2010]
42. The Patents for disc shooters [12/10/2010]
43. Princess Bride with Lightsabers [12/13/2010]
44. Dilbert comic [12/13/2010]
45. Ultimachine PLA review [12/15/2010]
46. Mendel to the power of 101 [12/21/2010]
47. Potential improvements for Leonardo Voltron [12/27/20210]
48. You can keep your filthy money [12/28/2010]
49. I watched Primer the other night [12/30/2010]

1. A Mendel and his own HydraRaptor [↩]