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Hi,
Complete novice here. I've seen a project that I would love key to get involved with on Fb. It is printing parts for prosthetic limbs. I feel very passionate about getting involved in this project, but due to illness, I've not got a lot of spare cash atm. My question is, can I somehow buy individual parts and slowly build my own printer this way?
Many thanks for any help.

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Hi Dnarred,
Yes you can.
We wrote about this on our website. You can follow the process that we went through here: https://www.idig3dprinting.co.uk/news/b ... -to-start/

Now it is not a step by step guide for a particular printer, in this instance it is based on building a Prusa i3 rework, but there is some information that you will find very useful. Part 2 on buying parts you should get a lot of information from and it explains a bit about what the different parts do and how to go about selecting the parts.
Keep us infromed about how you get on.

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You can get a RepRap 3D printer to print a 3D printer for yourself in parts. Check the online website ‘3D Printers Online Store’ and you can buy a number of good RepRap 3D printers from the online store at reasonable costs.
https://www.3dprintersonlinestore.com/reprap

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