Alan gave me a nifty little submarine engine and it turned my thoughts to a summer project. I’m looking again at the home 3D printer.
There are now a few competing/complimentary home 3D printers around, these include Fab@Home, The RepRap, and hobby CNC
If anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Reprap was the one i’d heard of a few years ago, but Fab@Home looks quite sophisticated.
I think the only criteria I have is that it must fit in my shed 🙂
If you’re looking for something ready to assemble and start printing, the RapMan (www.BitsfromBytes.com) seems to be the one with the best record of success. We’re working on a repstrap, but RapMan is the one I’d go for if I were buying a kit system.