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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6swI8Mer_yw#t=0s
There are several other really great videos - very helpful.
You can find similar plans for 3D home made printers on the Internet but this one comes with an awesome set of components that have been proven to work well together (the control board is a work of art, the motors, chassis, power supply and all other parts/components).
Maybe you can cut grass this summer and earn $600. When I was 14 that's what I did and I earned more than that - this was 1972.
I have 4,862 items I have designed and want to print - this should be fun!
Thank you Brook!!!
BTW- I am working on an even cheaper, absolute bare bones kit... Stay tuned.
There are many home 3d printers out there made from varying degrees of rarity of materials.
From the kickstarter page the materials (without additional description) are:
Printed parts, bearings, rods, belts, bolts, nuts, extruder, motors, electronics, and hotend
The printed parts are a frame of some sort. You could machine it out of wood or anything else really.
Bearings, rods, belts, bolts and nuts should be easy enough to find at your local hardware store.
The extruder can be as simple as an icing syringe or as complex as a printer head.
Motors and electronics (whatever these may include) should be available at your nearest hobby electronics shop
The hot end seems to be the nozzle of the printer. If you want to print plastics this might be hard to find. Ive only found specific 3d printer shops carry them (for example: http://www.makergear.com). If you plan on printing resins or other non-temperature specific materials you might not need this part.
The downside is that all these components will not be cheap and designing and testing wont be easy. I havent the skills to make one myself so my plan is to save up cash to get a kit. I don't expect it to be much more expensive than having to source the parts and do it myself.