Building a RepRap 3D Printer

For me the course is an eye-opener as to what goes into making a 3D printer. The parts required, the assembly, aligning and testing. Plus the trouble shooting tips at the end. I found the explanations and video's to be good enough to help me make a decision about whether to build or buy. Many Thanks to the people at Packt Publishing for their work on this video.

I wish there was a bit more depth in the firmware section of the course. There are countless youtube videos that cover Marlin firmware, but the screen renderings of the code is too small and therefore hard to make out . It would be greatly appreciated if the firware section of the course coud be expanded. Finally, the Peachy Printer example may have to be removed as the Peachy Printer project has collapsed for sometime and is no more relevant as a valued example in any course. Other wise, a very good course.

I was expecting some more info on the design of the mechanical parts. Not only a video how to assemble a 3d printer.

Great Course. Filled with a lot of information for a newbie like me. Still trying to distill it all. Definitely got me started. Very useful and hands-on. Thanks

There is nothing about the parts of the 3d printer. I expect from the course to have a great details of how to build all parts of the printer not only configuration or setting as the name of the course "Building a RepRap.."

Not worth 15$ (black friday deal) it is a build guide for their kit (the i3berlin) and it only goes through the steps of assembly.

Some good advice to found here particularly for anyone new to open source 3D printing. The early videos are based on building the Berlin I3 which is a Prusa 3D type printer and so some build tips can be found here if putting together a similar type of printer. The later videos are more generally applicable to all types of printers. I'd have liked the course to have had more details on setting up the software and calibrating a new printer from scratch. They use the Rumba controller board in the videos. Some information on the different controller boards available and the different open source firmwares would be a useful addition.

Found it useful even though I think I will be building a different 3d printer, the material is quite generic.

This was more of an assembly tutorial then a course on 3d printing. I was expecting more of a course on how to build from scratch not a tutorial on how to assemble a purchased kit form the author.

Es realmente un curso ,probablemente es mas un curso informativo de como funciona una impresora 3d hay información que no esta en el curso como donde se puede pedir la impresora esta muy bien elaborado sus videos pero falta información .

If you insterested with 3d printing you must take this course to get the idea and logic. Course could be extended to give much more detailed configuration settings for both cura and kisslicer?

If you buy the kit this would be the perfect guide. Without the guide this provides good information that would be useful to most extrusion printers

This is a very beautifully shot, narrated, and edited course which will show you how to build the i3 Berlin 3D printer. But much of the info in this course is applicable to building other 3D printers. I would highly recommend it to anyone building a 3D printer.

Although I did learn something from this course, it was quite product-driven by the lecturers. I was expecting more information on the general reprap community and how to build one in a more generic fashion. If only to afford their printer...

I have been wanting to get into 3D printing for Prototyping for a few years now, but the price of 3D printers has been a bit too high for me for what you get. This course goes through a full tutorial on how to either assemble the i3 Berlin 3d Printer Kit (which you can buy from the company) or how to make it yourself if you want to save even more money. The i3 Berlin is a pro level printer so it's still not super cheap compared to entry level printers, but compared to other pro levels, it's a steal. The trade off is you have to assemble it yourself. After taking this course however, you will find that it is not a trade off at all, but more of a rite of passage. By assembling the machine yourself, you master it and feel a sense of understanding and pride when using it. I got this course mainly as a full introduction to 3D printers, how they are made and what goes into making them. Before this course, I was intimidated by 3D printers, their construction, coding, etc. Now I see them like an exploded diagram in my head. This course won't only teach you how to assemble a 3D printer, it will teach you what a 3D printer really is and help you master the entire workflow of 3D printing from concept, to CAD, to minimizing errors and comparing products, to cleaning up the final product. This course is so well laid out, filmed and narrated and in general so much fun to watch, I am watching it just as much to learn “how to make my next course” as I am to learn about building a 3D printer. The topics covered are well laid out and flawlessly explained. Highly recommended!