3D Printer Construction Set

August 12, 2017 | Factor e Farm - Maysville, MO (USA)

Build Yourself. Build Your World.

The Open Source Ecology 3D Printer Construction Set Workshop is an immersion experience where you can build your own 3D printer, in one day. You can take the 3D printer that you build home with you.

See the promotional event video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEUi1FXo-9k

The 3D Printer Construction Set is a set of building blocks that allows you to build a CNC machine of any size – and also – if the parts are enlarged but the same design principles are used - to build other machines including a CNC Torch Table, a CNC Router, and a CNC Laser Cutter.

Just another 3D printer?

While there are many different 3D printers available - and they are becoming low cost and accessible - we felt that they are still complex enough to be beyond the reach of the average builder. To lower the barriers to 3D printing - and to multiaxis CNC machines in general - we decided to design the simplest possible 3D Printer - in the world. We have gotten the unique parts count down to about 40 - which is about half that of an average printer.

We did not stop there. We decided to build a Construction Set - for any CNC machine. We are using magnetic connectors to attach the axes, tool head, end stops, power supply, the controller, and even the cable chain - making this system like a Lego set for rapid building. Our construction set approach allows us to stack, multiply, scale, piggyback, and otherwise reconfigure components for maximum flexibility. Our frame is heavy duty steel, so our system is more than a toy. We are designing a system intended to be scaled for industrial applications - consistent with our work on the Global Village Construction Set.

In this workshop, you will have an option to build a 3D printer with an 8" cubic print volume.

We have a 2-for-1 offer - if you regiser to take a 3D printer home with you - you are welcome to bring one friend or family member with you for free.

For more information, email info at opensourceecology dot org.