<div><br></div>Hi Richard,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Have you heard of the Reprap?</div><div><a href="http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page"></a>It prints plastic parts (I believe some people have had success printing circuit boards too) with the idea being that it can print most of the parts required to make another one. The fundamental idea behind the group is that someone will give you the plastic components at cost to get started (presuming you're willing to pay it forward).</div>
<div><br></div><div>One of the key guys behind it is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Vik Olliver from Auckland. I got in touch with him earlier in the year to source the parts, there was a kiwi company selling kitsets of the "Darwin" model but I can't find the name. I will try again tomorrow and we can talk more at the meeting. I never bought the parts (they were $1000 - more than I think it needs to be)</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">Cheers,</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">James</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Richard Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rjtp@ihug.co.nz">rjtp@ihug.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Anyone have any thoughts/experience about making a 3D printer?<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot_Industries" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot_Industries</a><br>
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