Executive Summary
The primary objective of this project is to design and build a 3D-printer that will be affordable for the household market and have a larger printing area then is currently available by other printers. We hope to not only improve upon the current design, but to make it user friendly enough for the common user.
The main benefit of this project is the ability to allow households the freedom to design and fabricate whatever they may need, whether for everyday purposes or prototyping objects from the imagination. The larger print bed, reasonable price and user friendliness will all help propagate these benefits. These printers could possibly be sold as either pre-assembled devices or Do It Yourself kits for hobbyists or educational tools.