Print your own stuff with a DIY replicator


	Print your own stuff with a DIY replicator

ericskiff

10-17-2007 12:18 PM

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ericskiff says:

Zack Hoeken, one of my fellow members of NYC Resistor is working on a opensource do-it-yourself 3D printer called RepRap. The RepRap community (and Zack himself) are working like crazy to make this machine a reality, with the eventual goal of it being able to print itself!

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