
Today we’re reading a report by Josef Prusa, a Czech student, who’s working on the RepRap design. He was “able to reduce parts count, assembly time, use of vitamins and also price” through the use of very creative design.
Specifically, he’s designed bushings and a greatly simplified X-axis that are of course, printable. Well done, Josef!
An interesting observation here is that at least in the case of the bushing, Josef was “inspired” by other work. We must all remember that such inspiration cannot occur unless designs are transparent through open source principles.
Via RepRap