Interested in experimentation and building machinery that can self replicate? Want to be able to quickly create your own products and physical prototypes?

In a nut shell RepRap is an open research project to make Rapid Prototyping Machinery that can replicate itself. 

The RepRap community in Sheffield meet up monthly for folks who want to find out more or get involved, and to work on projects that push forward the boundaries of this technology research. It's not dry research though .... we build stuff too. And that stuff will eventually be able to build itself ... welcome to the self-replicating machine odyssey!

This workshop is part of a big push to get the GIST Lab RepRap finished and printing, so it can become a seed machine for the local community.  

Got experience?

There are limited builder tickets available, where some experience will be required. We welcome other RepRap builders to come with their machines or to help make progress on the local seed, and to be part of a gethering of machines.  

Not got experience?

Come along after 3pm to meet the machines and the builders and find out more about what RepRaps can do and make.

More info about RepRap is here. The Sheffield RepRap community meet monthly. If you'd like to share some news, do a talk, show off a project, or otherwise contribute to future monthly meetups, please get in touch on the forums here. 

The RepRap Makers Build Workshop is part of the GIST Craft of Development Festival, a weekend of digital, electronic and software development workshops and events for all ages and abilities.