 Murph 2023 was a blast. It was seriously a great time, but not everything came back in in one piece. My name's Jim and this is the Edge of Tech. Now I'll admit I had no idea what the Midwest RepRap Festival or Murph would bring this year because we just had the Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival three months before this one. But I was pumped to see that the venue was full and the crowd was pretty awesome. Not to mention we had some awesome drag races and some crazy death races. But more on that soon. First, let's take a look at some awesome stuff that I saw at Murph 2023. Man, there was some really cool things to see at Murph. A lot of it was made from CNCs. Actually, Joe had his CNC there, some awesome 3D printing, and of course, don't forget about those custom PCBs. All those awesome projects put together in one place. And this is where I thank today's sponsor, PCBway. They were a big part of the death racers and Sam, Tripod and I really appreciate everything they've done. So if you're looking for a PCB, maybe a custom 3D print in metal for the gears or something like that for your death racer or even some CNC work, look no further than PCBway.com. They can help you finish that project up and get you ready for the next event with the death racers. Thanks PCBway for sponsoring this video and also being a big part of our Murph event. Speaking of death races, there were some awesome events on both Saturday and Sunday. Actually, I ended up winning Saturday's event, but I had to take down the mighty zombie hedgehog in the end. And I tell you that was no little feat. He was just an awesome opponent. But none of that would have been possible without community. The community around the death racers is absolutely amazing. The team known as Offset Makers Lab stepped up and actually worked on my racer Friday night to get it all running in tip top shape for Saturday's races. I wasn't even going to race. I just brought it down there to show it off on our table and they were like, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're going to race. We're going to fix this for you. Well, I hadn't touched it since Earth when they fixed it the last time before I destroyed it. So thank you guys so much. You guys are awesome. Ryan, Steve and Kim, I can't thank you guys enough for being such an awesome part of this community. Offset Makers Lab. Check them out on Instagram. Amazing humans. And also, they gave me this. This was one of the racing buggies at the event. And they raced it on their racers. This is Jim's Oreo Express. Yes, it has a mini gym in there. And I was told that the mini gym in here is actually filled inside with crushed up Oreo. And if you check out Offset Makers Lab on Instagram, you can find a video where they were sprinkling the Oreo inside the head as it was printing. So that was pretty awesome. This thing is sweet. We actually drugged them around and raced it like that. Guys, I need a fix. A little pit stop. We pulled these things around and whipped them around. I was actually racing with Sam Prentice's pink buggy. Yeah, pink buggy. This thing is not going to stay on. The back actually has a triangle on there which is printed in. And don't forget the puppet research. Oh, that's a sticker. That's a sticker. It's not printing. It's a sticker. But don't forget about the puppet research sticker there as well. If you know, you know, I guess. Thank you guys so much. This is amazing. They let me take it home and now it's going to probably be displayed here. Sunday's event was a little crazy and we even brought out the big boss. This robot was so freaking cool to see. And yes, that is a Voron riding on the top of it. Dr. David, his crew had some awesome toys to play with and this thing did not disappoint. But I can say from experience that putting your death racer on top of the giant robot with a Voron and letting it roll around like a bucking Bronco is probably not the best thing for your death racer because that's when everything falls apart. I guess I'm rebuilding it. Then there was the drag racers. Man, I love this event. Scott, you have done such an amazing job putting this together and bringing all the racers together too. Nice work, sir. Actually, I was lucky enough to drive one of them because Team How-To Texans brought three. They gave one away and a little girl won it, which was really cool. But they had two extras, one they raced and one that they let me race. All they asked is that if I crashed, it would be spectacular. We'll just say that their car will never be the same after that race. Well, until they had to put it back together, of course. But I do have to shout them out, Team How-To Texans. Thank you so much. You've let me race your car and destroy it as well. Speaking of community, I have to give a huge shout-out to Dan Adams and his family for making some huge batches of gumbo. I think all three days of Murph, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, they showed up with like a turkey fryer and they actually made giant batches of gumbo and they just gave it away to anybody who wanted some until it all ran out. Also Ben Heck, if you remember him, he actually brought a flat top grill griddle and he made some awesome stuff for us too. I think there was like corned beef, egg and cheese sandwiches at one point. I think another day, maybe on Sunday, there was French toast sticks. We made French toast and like cut it up into sticks with syrup and a giant thing of bacon, like two or three packages of bacon. And both Ben and Dan, they didn't ask for anything in return. They just were out there in the super hot like 90 degree heat, cooking for everybody for anyone who needed or wanted some until it completely ran out. And again, they didn't ask for anything in return. So thank you guys so much for being such an awesome part of the community and we really hope to see that next year as well. Overall, Murph was just an awesome show and I'm so glad to see that they had some great attendance as well. If you ever have a chance to get to one of these events, I highly suggest it. It's like a huge 3D printing family reunion. It's just a ton of fun. Actually, the next one is the East Coast RepRap Festival in Bel Air, Maryland. And that is the weekend of September 30th, I believe. September 30th and October 1st are the two days that the East Coast RepRap Festival or IRF will be going on. I really hope to meet you there. I will be there. My family will be there and we're just going to have a blast at IRF. So if you can get out there, I highly suggest it. You can fly into Baltimore and it's only like a 40 minute drive from there. Also, if you want to see another great video about one of the events that I was at about three months ago, check out this one right here.