Talk:Fabbing parts for the open printer

Couple of things, and this applies to many of the build aspects of the project.

1. Recycle- would it not be worth considering what can be taken from existing equipment and re-used? Fabbing key parts for the chassis make sense. But I imagine things like belts etc may come in a standard range easily salvaged from elsewhere.

2. Following on from this, some aspects of the RepRap and other projects make use of pre-manufactured parts, the design itself remains open source, and easily adapted to suit requirements...

3. Don't try and build it all at once. What about building the chassis first, and perhaps consider finding ways to hack print cartridges of different configurations to work with the open printer?