What you've learned about your Makerbot Replicator2

[yash101]

This is off topic, but not worth making a new thread about.
Has any team tried 3D printing a 3D printer? . That'd be cool
I think the replicator has the precision required for such a complex print!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by yash101

This is off topic, but not worth making a new thread about.
Has any team tried 3D printing a 3D printer? . That'd be cool
I think the replicator has the precision required for such a complex print!

330 has, with some success. Go take a look at the RepRap project--the basic premise there is that if you have one, you can build one more with that one, some items from the local hardware store, and a few electronics items.

At last count, 330 had printed something like 3-4 printers worth of parts. I would know: I spent part of a summer keeping an eye on the first two we had while they printed the rest.