RepRap Open Source 3D Printer

[ZequeZ1]

I love the part when you are able to shred your plastic residues and turn them into "ink" for RepRap!

I want.

[DarkAndy98]

mini cnc. thats all. nice job.

[sockittooem]

Well, if you were clever you could use this to print your own warhammer models, rather than paying 50 bucks a pop for them.

[pureawesomeness2012]

Self Replicating robots, nuff said.

[adamcpennington]

Adrian Bowyer.. He's like a real live Doc Brown bringing the future back to our past.

[Groundfeel]

were can i get one?

[newdawnXP]

This is great ! exceptional and does not brag for cash

[EgaoNoGenki]

About 2 years later, how has it improved?

[Mythobeast]

Couldn't you also dry the air by passing it through a refrigerated tube?

[jdaviescoates]

@Mythobeast er possibly, but from what he said, I very much doubt it.

[eggthing]

This man is a Saint!

[thatkindofguy234]

how tough are the products it makes? say if I was to hit it with a hammer, would it survive?

[ibanezs87]

@thatkindofguy234 Well i think he said ABS is lego plastic. Imagine a lego but completely solid. And I do believe with the right tweaks you can use many different types of materials.

[matthew1472]

Really interesting video. Thank you for taking your time to show us.

[thumpervids]

this gave me a chubby

[TheP3NDU1UM]

awesome.  way of the future.

[rivalgangs]

Thank you

[3goldy]

I want to print my own cloting line!

[3goldy]

@3goldy p.s: You don't stop at 10 min, you record until you run out of room then edit 10min episodes.

[jdaviescoates]

@3goldy feel free to pop down to Bath uni and do that yourself :) I don't edit (yet). I don't have to now either, since I can now upload long videos :)

[renoopsdrugis]

amazing

[TheUnworthy]

This. Is. Cool.

[biwood2003]

What a genius item. A machine that makes nearly everything and that can nearly replicate itself out of some crappy milk bottles that would probably just get thrown into the bin. Hay how good would it be if they could develop this technology so that people in the third world could make there own Internet enabled computer.

[fuelban]

How totally refreshing to watch, a very creative video like this instead of beer guns and ammo, ( the american Hollywood way) fantastic stuff guys, NICE 1. the subject totally captivates me...

Thom in Scotland.

[jammapcb]

What a superb man.... why not add a part 2 instead of cutting him off at the end... i dunno some camera operators have no directional skills lol.... next time make it 2 parts and a lot more of Adrian's work... truly inspiring!

[jdaviescoates]

@jammapcb at the time youtube wouldn't let videos last longer than 10 mins, and I personally don't like vids that have to be watched in parts. Each to their own I guess - no need to criticise my "directional skills" though - this is one of my earliest video and has over 54000 more view than any video you've uploaded! :P

[jammapcb]

@jdaviescoates thats geek sneary lol..do you mean my test vids for youtubes crappy codec conversions.. yeah veoh does a better job for HD..54k views though is not important when the video sucks...you should of showed what the machine can do .not just talk about it ffs lol. timelapse with a pro camera and prime lens would be a good start. so far nearly every video sucks for showing off this unit..blurry, seasick, motion glitches, piss poor audio, generally 1 million impressions but sucky videos!

[jdaviescoates]

@jammapcb You may think the video sucks, I think its great! (although of course there is always lots of room for improvement - but its had many more likes than dislikes. My guess is that your viewpoint is very marginal, although valid nontheless). If you want something done properly, do it yourself, I guess! :P (saying that, if you post me a pro camera I'll happily try to arrange myself another trip down to Bath!)

[visionontv]

You must use an external mic as they are interesting videos spoiled by bad sound

[jdaviescoates]

I was about to ask you to recommend a good value one, but my flip video camera doesn't appear to even have ability to plug an external mic in. Personally I don't think the sound is too bad.

[jdaviescoates]

@visionontv the whole video is perfectly audible, no? Are you listening on headphones? Guess that would make the different volumes a bit more noticeable. Hmz, perhaps I should try to normalise the sound or something. Then again that goes against the whole simplicity of shot, upload, done :)

[BeeRich33]

Any substrate that can handle > 100°C? Food grade?

[sevlonewolf]

The real world applications in the long term are limitless! Please do a presentation at TED.

[CPTDJB]

what about attaching a mill head in place of the extruder?>

[ianianian91]

Do you have to program your own tool path?

[Matienzoification1]

This is fantastic, good old British engineering!

[koldproxy]

So bottomline is that you need eletricity, polylactic acid and a 3D printing machine (RepRap) to provide useful hometools/appliances and donate them around the world. I'm no chemist but where or how do we make polylactic acid? What are we waiting for, let's build the world with these awesome machines... for free!

[JeppeIbsen]

How can we help this guy?

[nathanallan1]

Excellent about milk bottles, how about soda bottles? There is also an abundance of those floating around the roads and highways. Very excellent!

[defzonoc]

for the poster adhear copper or allumimin foil to an object then use a spinning head to cut the foil.

a pager motor with a sharp tip can cut foils.

the uneded foil is cut like the inverse to masking circuits.

you may also consider conductive glue.

as soldering will melt your plastic goldmine electronics sells a glue that is conductive to stick parts to your foil i do the same with paper and foil.

[deadlizard64]

He's one of the few people who actually know what the word includes means :)

[scottfreen1]

Awesome . This guy is great !

[ramp2tramp]

i first saw this in the documentary "zeitgeist moving forward". it was only a small clip of it printing such things as a screwdriver, its own parts ect. i'm amazed to see here that it has such incredible potential! sandals, somebody has mentioned here that it could print a phone in years to come. given that it is open source i believe further down the line it could print apartments and houses! wow!

[norchaaa]

@ramp2tramp a bit late but do you how many that house could cost from now and the factory it self to build big 3D printer and how many resources do it cost...that is question

[1walicki]

This wins for best machine ever!!

[rbaradoy]

so happy to see humans like this

[Gradeoch]

He is a saint, he could have made billions with this, it said that in 10-15 years you can print your own phone, and for him to give this software away is unreal :D

[cobolt02]

@Gradeoch It's a choice we all have to make everyday: Money or the right thing

[aroymart]

i would love to be on the build team of this one day

[S3DGamerZone]

Awesome !!

[lluhu]

hi everybody, any machine to make a simple test of our project in a Reprap? Of course help will be paid.

Thanks

[PaXx]

Would be cool if the machine could create it's own plastic too! ^^

[guerd87]

Talking about making the polymer, not quite sure how dry it would need to be. I have access to a very large vacuum oven. Could you heat and then vacuum to bring as much moisture out as possible?

[seanotube85]

The greatest thing about this is that it's open source. That's why the internet is so awesome and that's why these 3d printers give me hope for the future.

[Shalek]

This will hurt the warhammer industry won't it.

[HalfPricePrototypes]

Great concept,. 1 thing missing is $ for R&D and Support. This set up might work for the avg geek in his garage who wants to play around with the technology, but from a business stand point, no company is going to purchase something that doesn't come with support. That is why the Z Corp/Stratasys, 3DS, etc have been able to sell their equipment for so much more $. That and the fact they they put more money into the R&D of their machines... You get what you pay for.

[fischgulasch]

where can i find the library of parts he is talking about at 4:24 ?

[jdaviescoates]

@fischgulasch search for thingiverse

[aubekin]

I've really been looking forward for this machine when I first heard about it. Good to see it's almost halfway there! (not really, but kinda ;)

[strangerd4nger]

no demo of the new printer?

[brianpeiris]

You can watch videos about Mendel (RepRap V2) on their own YouTube account: RepRapChannel

[blacktiePRESENTS]

its called a maker bot

[InTheCity3D]

Intriguing stuff, especially in the sense of recycling.