Ukusukela ukuba iProjekthi yeRepRap ityhilwe, baninzi abathi, belandela iimodeli zayo, bazamile ukuzenzela eyabo iprinta ye-3D kwaye nangakumbi abo bafuna ukuyilungisa kwaye benze into eyeyabo ukuba bayinike uLuntu kunye neHlabathi. Yile nto yenziwe ngumsebenzisi egama UWilliam (W1ll14m) owakhe umshicileli we3D ngaphandle kwezitena zeLego.
Isiprinta ngokwaso asizenzi iziqwenga ezinomtsalane kodwa sinomdla kuba uyilo lwayo luphela ngokupheleleyo, kangangokuba aludingi zixhobo zinje ngePLA okanye nantoni na enjalo. UWilliam wasungula imodeli yokuqala yale phrinta ye3D kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, kodwa ukuprinta okwenziweyo kwakungacacanga kwaye izinto eyazinikayo zazingabonakali.
Emva kwalo mzamo wokuqala, uWilliam wehla waya emsebenzini waqalisa ukuphucula uyilo, efumana iprinta yeLego esiyibonayo kwimifanekiso kwaye sinokuzikhuphelela izicwangciso ze apha.
Ukwakha lo mshicileli siya kufuna kuphela iibhloko zeLego, ngokukhethekileyo i-crane (iibheringi zayo kunye neerubber zilungile kakhulu), imoto ye-servo yokuprinta kunye ne-elektroniki. Ukongeza siyakudinga umpu weglu.
Umshicileli weLego usaprinta izinto ezisisiseko njengeebhloko
Uninzi lwazo zonke izinto esinazo ekhaya kwaye zombini i-elektroniki kunye neemoto zizinto ezilula ukuzifumana. Le modeli yesibini ichanekile ngakumbi xa isiza kushicilelo kodwa ayisashicileli ngokuchanekileyo, siza kuprinta ibhloko, njengezinto ezakhiwe kuzo. Oku kungenxa yokuba ukungcangcazela okubangelwa yimoto kusasazeke kulo lonke ulwakhiwo, into engenakuphepheka ukuba sisebenzisa iziqwenga zeLego, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba asinakho ukuba neprinta ye-3D entle nexabiso eliphantsi.
UWilliam uyakwazi konke oku kwaye uyaqhubeka nokusebenza ekuphuculeni konke oku, into endingathandabuzekiyo ukuba uya kuyiphumelela ukusukela kuyilo lokuqala ukuya kolwesibini, ixesha lalifutshane kunye nokuphuculwa kakhulu. Siza kukugcina uposwe kuphuculo, kodwa ngelixa sinokuthi 'sakhe umshicileli' akunjalo?