[Gdeaver]

Isn't FRC about engineering? So why buy a printer when you can design and build one? Our team did this over the summer and fall. The goal was to run the CAD team through the design process. This was quite the under taking and I'm not sure everything sank into the students brains. Their CAD skills are very improved. We settled on a cantilevered design based on Openbuilds Parts. Plates and other parts were cut on a cnc router. We are getting good at going from solid works to cutting fast. The printer is mostly done and the CAD needs to be cleaned up. At this point WE have < $500.00 into it. We have a printer now with a 12" x 8" x 12" build volume. I'm going to start pushing the students in November to write everything up into a package to post on Openbuilds. This was not an easy project, but learning experience for the student was excellent. Oh, some of the discussions were priceless.