Comment Problem with source plastic (Score 0) 341
The main problem I have with this is the source materials. I looked into RepRap before when I was researching to create my own CNC machine. I like a lot of the concepts, but it took me a while to figure out what material they were using for the source material. After a while of searching on their site, I found out that you have to purchase spools of plastic wire. I do not think that the cost for the plastic spools is at a reasonable price for what needs to be manufactured.
Until I can use ground up soda cans and water bottles, I don't see how this project will take off. Yes, I recycle the water bottles, but think how much better it would be if I could just insert some used water bottles into a machine and use that as a source for whatever I was creating, skipping the middle-man as it were out of the equation.
Until I can use ground up soda cans and water bottles, I don't see how this project will take off. Yes, I recycle the water bottles, but think how much better it would be if I could just insert some used water bottles into a machine and use that as a source for whatever I was creating, skipping the middle-man as it were out of the equation.
