On 15 June 2014 02:57, Deryck Chan <deryckchan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just make a RepRap ourselves. Materials typically cost ~£300-400 these days.
> http://www.reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
>
> The 3D printer itself is libre hardware and is capable of manufacturing most
> parts of itself!

RepRap looks like a potential hackerthon project[1] - so long as as
few volunteers commit to actually finishing putting it together! The
last time I tried fixing my washing machine, there were several bits
left over.

What would be really cool would be to set up a stop-motion webcam on
the table where it was being assembled, so we can release a video
before the end of the hackerthon; you may recall Liam doing something
similar for an early editathon at the British Museum (in the days
before we started using the word "editathon").[2] Having the new
printer then buzzing away creating some "merchandise" during Wikimania
would be a great output from the Hackerthon, I'm sure several chapters
would be interested in borrowing it for experiments, so the few
hundred quid in cost should be easy to justify against resulting
collaborative open knowledge projects, especially stimulating
discussion and policies around 3D model files.

Links
1. https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon August 6-10
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editing_Hoxne_Hoard_at_the_British_Museum.ogv

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