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Neil Wyatt12/12/2017 22:14:41
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Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/12/2017 19:09:39:

I am observing this debate with some interest

The thing that surprises me most is that no-one has mentioned the supremely practical 'mission' of RepRap.

Before these things became so commercialised, the dream was "self-replicating machines"

... Surely there is nothing more practical than a machine which can reproduce many of its own structural parts

MichaelG.

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**LINK**

Here's a rather compelling argument that the original RepRap mission was misguided, or at least hopelessly optimistic, certainly not practical.

It's a balanced view that recognises what Reprap has achieved and the consequences of involving real humans...

Neil

Michael Gilligan12/12/2017 22:40:39
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Neil,

Is there a link to go with your comment ?

... or are you referring back to mine ? devil

MichaelG.

Neil Wyatt12/12/2017 22:56:34
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Oops...

hackaday.com/2016/03/02/getting-it-right-by-getting-it-wrong-reprap-and-the-evolution-of-3d-printing

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