The RepRap’s Heritage

By on June 15th, 2011 in printer

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The eyechart above (click for a larger, almost readable view) represents the family tree for virtually all low-cost 3D printers today. Almost all of them were derived directly or indirectly from the original RepRap project. We’ve written about many of these devices over the past few years, and we expect that this family tree will continue to expand as more variants are developed.
 
While the chart shows many 3D printers, most are experimental derivations of core open source hardware lines. There are relatively few active commercial 3D printers: 
 
  • Makergear Prusa
  • eMAKER Huxley
  • Techzone Huxley, Mendel and Mondo
  • Orca
  • Ultimaker
  • Shapercube
  • Up!
  • Makerbot Thing-o-Matic
  • Rapman
  • BFB 3000
 
We’re still hoping for a new version of the CandyFab. šŸ™
 
Via RepRap

By Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture in 2007, with an intention to promote and grow the incredible technology of 3D printing across the world. So far, it seems to be working!

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