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Makerbot
Welcome to the reprap and makerbot project
The makerbot project finds it's roots in the Reprap project
You can find us in the hackcenter (Level A) in room A04
Bre Pettis is giving a talk about Makerbot on day 3 (20h30, Saal1) called Peanut Butter and Plastic: Industrial Revolution
A Makerbot is an open, hackable robot for making nearly anything.
Overview
The basic structure of a MakerBot is:
- A 3D positioning system.
- A toolhead that does work.
- Electronics to drive it.
As the CupCake CNC is a MakerBot, it contains all of these elements. The 3D positioning system is a standard cartesian (X,Y,Z) system. In our particular configuration, the build platform moves in the X and Y directions and toolhead is mounted on the Z stage which moves up and down. The X and Y axes are belt driven, and the Z axis is screw driven.
Specifications
- **Usable Build Area:** 100mm Width x 100mm Depth x 130mm Height
- **X/Y Positioning Resolution:** 0.085mm
- **Z Positioning Resolution:** 3.125 microns
- **Maximum X/Y Feedrate:** 5000mm/minute
- **Maximum Z Feedrate:** 200mm/minute
- **Typical Z-layer height:** 0.3725mm
- **Outside measurements:** 350mm x 240mm x 450mm
