It’s certainly no small feat to please everyone these days, but we’ve found that most often the best designs do come from makers who in the beginning were working to fulfill their own requirements in making–as is the case of the Fabrap 3D printer, which we’ve been following through numerous iterations.
Even if you don’t ever use it, these 3D printers are easy on the eyes in the previous elegant red and black, with the newest, the Fabcore, in yellow. The Fabrap lineup is aesthetically pleasing, chock full of features, and it also appeals to the maker/hacker crowd with its RepRap origins and continuing open-source concept, which allows you–if you are so inclined–to put this machine together yourself and save scads more money.
From the original to the 3.2–and now the Fabcore–we’ve been following the four brothers behind the innovative company–three of whom live on a small French island called Réunion, and one in Belgium. The sibling team is constantly making improvements to their Fabrap design. Originally, as they began working with the RepRap design, they discovered there were numerous other customizations they needed, beginning with a larger build plate–and the Fabrap was born.
- 200 x, 200 y, z 200
- Drive core in x and y axis
- Stl joined
- Step version available at Fabrap
- Extruder GT2
- Hotend 0.4mm, 1.75 pla
- Box for subsequent transition to abs
The mission with all of the Fabrap 3D printers is to keep improving–and for the users to keep enjoying the technology of the future. All Fabrap machines come with resources for purchases, as well as video tutorials.
Let us know your thoughts on this machine in the FabRap forum thread on 3DPB.com