NERD ALERT: Build your own self-replicating 3D printer

We're hoping that at some point enough people will have these things that getting the parts for one will be like getting a gmail invite, or (in West Philly) a kombucha mother.

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NERD ALERT: Build your own self-replicating 3D printer

POSTED: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:00 AM

NERD ALERT (rather, nerd with a lot of money lying around alert): NextFab and Hive76 are holding a few workshops this summer where you can build your own self-replicating 3D printer:

Since many parts of the RepRap are made from plastic, they can be printed on a RepRap, meaning the RepRap self-replicates by making a kit of itself - a kit that anyone can assemble given time and some additional materials.

Unfortunately (for us, anyway), the parts and a spot in one of the two-day classes on the weekends of July 28, August 11 and August 25 cost a cool $2000. We're hoping that at some point enough people will have these things that getting the parts for one will be like getting a gmail invite, or (in West Philly) a kombucha mother.

(emilyg@citypaper.net) (@emilygee)

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