Since the raw, original graphite only was able to create action figures, perharps the nanomachines need a template for more complex items.
First, you could need to create (with either wave of hardtech), a prototipe of the end product -carbon sheets, drone hands, gun scopes, microprocessors- You cover it with the base for the nanos , and wave it again, to get the final nanomachines -wich will onyl make the prototipe. New nanomachines need to be build for a different product.
I would build a tank, where the prototipe is placed. The tank, of course, should be big, with lots of open walkways lacking a handrail, and glowing an ominous green.
Then, you fill the tank with the nano goo: I suggest a mixture of molten iron and graphite, plus distilled water, and handwavium (gelled grey, black? different strains for different products?). Add some extra chemicals, and/or some traces or rare metals, for the more complex nanofabbers. Some electricty, mad laughter while shouting "It Lives! IT LIVES!", and presto, you have a bunch of nanos ready.
The nano construction itself will need raw materials, of course, so maybe it also needs some wavium as extra material (the wavium also helps to change the, for instance, iron into crystalline steel, so you don't need the exact raw materials, an approximation is good enough)
I also would try to avoid creating hardtech items with you nanos: They are the end, 'waved product (so your flexible carbon nanotube sheets, for instance, are already pre-waved, and strong enough for extra armor)
First, you could need to create (with either wave of hardtech), a prototipe of the end product -carbon sheets, drone hands, gun scopes, microprocessors- You cover it with the base for the nanos , and wave it again, to get the final nanomachines -wich will onyl make the prototipe. New nanomachines need to be build for a different product.
I would build a tank, where the prototipe is placed. The tank, of course, should be big, with lots of open walkways lacking a handrail, and glowing an ominous green.
Then, you fill the tank with the nano goo: I suggest a mixture of molten iron and graphite, plus distilled water, and handwavium (gelled grey, black? different strains for different products?). Add some extra chemicals, and/or some traces or rare metals, for the more complex nanofabbers. Some electricty, mad laughter while shouting "It Lives! IT LIVES!", and presto, you have a bunch of nanos ready.
The nano construction itself will need raw materials, of course, so maybe it also needs some wavium as extra material (the wavium also helps to change the, for instance, iron into crystalline steel, so you don't need the exact raw materials, an approximation is good enough)
I also would try to avoid creating hardtech items with you nanos: They are the end, 'waved product (so your flexible carbon nanotube sheets, for instance, are already pre-waved, and strong enough for extra armor)