In July, Richard “RichRap” Horne revealed to the world a series of three quite different 3D printers. The battery operated 3DRnano had a build area of just six inches (160mm) tall and the 18kg 3DRmega stood at over 1.8 m in height (almost 6′). The third printer Rich unveiled, however, was completely different.
Called Sli3DR, Rich’s machine uses a very unique gantry system utilizing fishing line to control the printer’s movements, producing very smooth, finely detailed prints. Luckily for the open source community, and the world, Rich has just opened the designs for this last creation up to the world. If you’re the handy type, you can download all of the printable files, bill of materials, and build instructions for Sli3DR on YouMagine and GitHub.…
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