Using electroplating we have coated a section of a 3D print in copper. To do this we cleaned up a scrap piece of copper pipe with wire wool. The tube was connected up to the positive side of the power supply
Electroplating 3D prints
Glue Dents
I am creating a new delta RepRap called Lorenz (after the noted biologist Konrad Lorenz). It’s not yet complete, but if you want to get the CAD files it’s on Github here. This is the first of a series of posts about aspects
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Adrian and I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Here are some of our highlights from this year: Adrian’s top project Adrian has spent this year working on a number of different projects, some of
EchoPi
Amazon’s Echo Dot and its online Alexa speech recognition system for controlling the Internet of Things is pretty cool, and so it is taking the world by storm. Therefore what we need is an open-source Thing that it can control to
Extra Senses
As I mentioned in the last blog post, we were inspired by the Feelspace Project (which gives you a magnetic compass sense, like migrating birds) to have a go at making a wearable device that would allow you to feel your surroundings – essentially extending
RepRap Printing on Fabric
I was recently at the FAB 12 Meeting in Shenzhen. One of the things I saw there was a very simple and effective idea: 3D printing on fabric with RepRap to give a flexible and wearable backing. So I decided to give
Stained Glass Window in Local School
Not something 3D printed but ……. We have been working with a local primary school to create some of the materials used in their displays for Art in Religious Studies week. The children were tasked with creating a stained glass
Shenzhen, Centre of the Making World
I have just got back from China, where I went to talk with a company for whom we are doing some work and also to give a presentation at the Fab 12 Conference, the theme of which was artificial self-replication.
RepRap’s Birthday
On this day 8 years ago was the first replication of RepRap. On 29th May 2008 at 14:00 UTC Vik Olliver, eD Sells and Adrian Bowyer assembled the very first child RepRap from a parent which was made by a proprietary 3D
Webshop
We have now opened our webshop selling spares for RepRap kits along with filament. We hope in the future to add new developments and products. Orders placed before 12pm we aim to dispatch same day (except Thursday – any orders