Njengoba iRepRap Project yethulwa, kunabaningi abathi, ngokulandela amamodeli ayo, bazame ukuzakhela eyabo iphrinta ye-3D futhi nangaphezulu labo abafuna ukuyenza ngendlela oyifisayo futhi bazenzele okwabo abazonikela ngakho kuMphakathi nakuMhlaba. Lokhu kwenziwe ngumsebenzisi oqanjwe igama UWilliam (W1ll14m) owakhe iphrinta ye-3D ngezicucu zeLego.
Iphrinta uqobo ayizenzi izingcezu ezihlaba umxhwele kepha iyathakazelisa ngoba ukwakheka kwayo kungokwemvelo ngokuphelele, kuze kube yilapho ingadingi izinto ezinjenge-PLA noma yini efana naleyo. UWilliam wethule imodeli yokuqala yale phrinta ye-3D ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, kepha ukuphrinta okwenzile kwakungacacile futhi izinto ezazinikeza zazingabonakali kahle.
Ngemuva kwalo mzamo wokuqala, uWilliam waqala ukusebenza waqala ukuthuthukisa ukwakheka, ethola iphrinta yeLego esiyibona ezithombeni nokuthi singalanda amapulani we lapha.
Ukwakha le phrinta sizodinga kuphela amabhlogo we-Lego, okungcono i-crane (amabheringi ayo kanye ne-rubbers kuhle kakhulu), iservo motor yokuphrinta kanye ne-electronics. Ngaphezu kwalokho sizodinga nesibhamu seglue.
Iphrinta yeLego isaphrinta izinto eziyisisekelo njengamabhulokhi
Ngaphezu kwakho konke lokhu esinakho ekhaya futhi zombili izinto ze-elekthronikhi nezimoto ziyizinto ezilula ukuzithola. Le modeli yesibili inembe kakhudlwana lapho iphrinta kepha namanje ayiprinteki ngokunemba okuphelele, sizophrinta ibhulokhi, njengezinto ezisuselwe kuzo. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ukudlidliza okubangelwa yimoto kusakazeka kuso sonke isakhiwo, into engenakugwemeka uma sisebenzisa izingcezu zeLego, kepha lokho akusho ukuthi asikwazi ukuba nephrinta ye-3D enhle futhi eshibhile.
UWilliam uyakwazi konke lokhu futhi uyaqhubeka nokusebenza ekuthuthukiseni konke lokhu, into engingangabazi ukuthi uzoyizuza kusukela ekudalweni kokuqala kuye kwesesibili, isikhathi besisifushane futhi intuthuko ibaluleke kakhulu. Sizokugcina uthumele kokuthuthukile, kepha ngenkathi sikwazi 'ukwakha iphrinta' akunjalo?