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AS220 Labs is building a fabulous machine all weekend -- come to help, watch, learn

5:48 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |
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A Cupcake CNC rapid prototyping machine like this one is to be built from a kit at AS220 this weekend.

I'm copying this post from AS220 Labs in its entirety -- if you're interested in watching or helping to build an early prototype of the Star Trek replicator, here's your chance. This is going on all weekend. What's a 3D printer? Give it a pattern, and it can manufacture nearly anything, including itself.


3D Printing Summit this weekend: learn about Makerbots and RepRaps! - AS220 Labs:

Bruce Wattendorf is organizing AS220's first 3D Printing Summit featuring Makerbot and RepRap demos and howtos. It will be held at AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence RI on June 12, 13, and 14.

The team will be building a MakerBot, a DIY open source 3D printer. The build will be organized as a series of sessions, so you can help AS220 build a MakerBot and learn about electronics, 3D printing, and the design of the bot. The meeting will kick off Friday night, June 12 at AS220 Labs (2nd floor) from 7-8:30pm to come up with a schedule for the weekend.

Sessions will from 10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday and will be held in the Performance Space.

There is no charge for these sessions, but you can help AS220 by entering in a raffle
to win a MakerBot of your own. Details in the AS220 Shop. (Win a Makerbot in our raffle)

For more information about the specific 3D printing platforms, visit:

http://makerbot.com
http://reprap.org

For more info contact Bruce at bwattendorf@gmail.com or 401-339-5625.

I wrote about Bruce Wattendorf and his RepRap back in November: RepRap machine can copy anything, including itself; in the future, we'll all have one. Much more background and details are there.

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