This video introduces the RepRap self-replicating 3D printer.

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  • Baden Martin 4 months ago
    I would totally get one of these. No question about it.
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  • Max Goisser 3 months ago
    I really like this project :D
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  • Dave Sag 2 months ago
    That is so cool! Nice work
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  • Scardia 2 months ago
    RepRap make happy!
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  • BanX 2 months ago
    What a great innovation! Knowledge should be free, you're on the right path. Keep the good work! Hope the community will get larger to embrace this.
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  • Edward Rose 2 months ago
    It's really sad to watch a good idea in its infancy stage before it is taken over. Printers were a good idea, then the ink became almost as expensive as gold is by weight. Currently, an author will have to pay almost $20 U.S. worth of ink to print one copy of a decent length manuscript. Nothing to brag about as a technological accomplishment.

    The same will eventually happen with the price of "Plastic" and any other materials used with the RepRap and future machines. The rich will always get richer.

    Seriously Sad,
    The exiled Edward Francis Rose
  • Aigars Bruvelis 11 days ago
    This may be very well truth, however, plastic can be made from scrap plastic and also from wood (bioplastic), that can be grown at home. All the input needed - sun and CO2.
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    Will see how this develops. I heard about Rapid Prototyping in my design course 3 years ago. Ever since I have been wondering, how could I acquire one.
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  • Adrian Bowyer 2 months ago
    It's open source and free, so it can't be taken over. Companies can make it and sell it if they want (and some already do), but they can't stop anyone else (including private individuals) from making it for themselves. And the plastic it uses is polylactic acid, which is made from starch. So anyone who can grow a few plants can have the plastic for free...
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