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A community for sharing projects that are related to making a more fair and environmentally friendly world.

The subject matter of this community is intended to sit somewhere between slrpnk.net/c/technology and slrpnk.net/c/inperson

A project could be an ongoing community project that someone may want to get involved with or follow, or it could be a DIY project that an individual can do at home.

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RepRap (reprap.org)

submitted 8 months ago by KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net to c/projects@slrpnk.net

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RepRap is a project about democratising and decentralising manufacturing through low-cost open source 3D printers.

3D printers give communities the ability to repair items even when official replacement parts don't exist. They also allow people to produce small runs of custom parts, where more traditional manufacturing methods may be wasteful.

There are obviously issues with sustainability in the 3D printing community, primarily with material source, material recycling/composting, and waste. But even with these current issues, 3D printers provide a lot of utility and may have a place in our solarpunk future.

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