A fasterner-less printer. Because screw screws. So what if it will fall apart after a long print.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1970256921/the-snap3d-printer
Really? I was wondering what that scraping sound was, I believe we have found the bottom of the barrel.
its a mendelmaker lol
Lol so cable ties are not fasteners and for a simple to build kit they charge $200 for a assembled machine.
Good idea but if your going to to this steel or aluminium would be preferable as slot together plastic items have far to much slop when put together to make an accurate machine.
I saw this at Makerfaire NYC. It’s actually not that flimsy since I tried to flex the frame myself. I didn’t get to see it print though so can’t comment on that. I talked to the guy at the booth for quite a while about the way it’s constructed. The snap feature is based off of MIT’s Snap which was originally used to build a cnc machine. Link provided below.
I think it’s a neat idea and I would love to use some of the snap tech on my reprap.
@Chris_Lau the cnc mill is cool.too bad blip vids aren’t working. 
i bet the plastic sides they appear to have milled out? were expensive at that thickness.
@Chris_Lau The thing about plastics though is that they creep. So what may be a rigid frame could become sloppy as the stress between interlocking pieces is relieved and their bearing surfaces start to wear. Additionally if it really is taken apart many times (not likely) that is also going to cause wear.
I’ve seen this in person a few times (one of the photos on their kickstarter page is actually ripped from one of my G+ posts), and the frame seemed plenty secure (though only time will tell how it holds up). The carriages (especially the platform mount) were more concerning, though I’d be more worried about the motors he uses. He doesn’t mention it on the kickstarter, but these machines use recycled steppers. I bought some from the same guy that he gets them from, but never ended up using them for anything because I couldn’t find a datasheet and didn’t trust the specs. I’ve bought machines with recycled steppers before, and was really disappointed that they cheaped-out on such critical components.
All the cuts are 2d, so they can probably use a CNC router. I’m still not that convinced of the longevity of the parts as plastic inherently creeps. Interesting though