The final impulse came as I was working on an electronic project this February. I had spent some time making cutouts in a box to contain the circuit board and still needed to make some sort of fixing for the circuit in the box and also for the temperature/humidity sensors. I remembered seeing custom printed boxes at this years Fosdem, and as soon as the idea came up I knew I had to try for myself.
A few days thought and browsing led to the following choices:
- Build a RepStrap using oak, as I had access to good woodworking machines and ample oak offcuts.
- Base the design on the original Mendel - not a Prusa, as I could not make the PLA bushes.
- Use RAMPS electronics, since I was in the process of acquiring working knowledge of AVRs and arduinos
- Use an recent hotend design, Camiel Gubbel's v6.
- A suitable name for the machine 'Oakstrap' became obvious - it's descriptive and googleable.