All,

I'm talking to the initial proposer (Nonlineartom) at the moment. He has a
fair bit of experience with this sort of thing.

I will have a proper look next week when I'm back at work, but this should
be something we could do relatively cheaply.
On 15 Jun 2014 11:25, "John Cummings" <john.cummi...@wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I can bring my printer, not sure where it will go. It's a very slow
> process so would be good to have some things printed beforehand, have a
> look on Thingiverse.com for models I could print, some are only suitable
> for SLS printer (very expensive industrial machines that use lasers) but
> most of the models I could print.
>
> Having RepRap involved in some way at Wikimania is on my to do list.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
> On 15 June 2014 08:05, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 15 June 2014 02:57, Deryck Chan <deryckc...@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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