RepRap

3D Printing and other Personal Manufacturing Interest Group

The Thames Valley RepRap User Group are a group of people who live in the Thames Valley, and came together to build RepRap Prusa Mendels. The kick-off event, in Nov 2011, was attended by over 50 people and the initial build event was of 25 machines, with the parts being printed by a small group of those within the group that already had RepRaps.

A second round of building is underway (April - Nov 2012) of 17 TVRR version2 of the Mendel Prusa and custom electronics. We are fortunate also in having the skills of an electronics expert and several people with experience of RepRap-style 3D printers, which means that some of the design is improved over a standard Prusa. We are in the final stages of finalising the design for our Thames Valley Prusa RepRap and have started ordering and distributing the components for our group of machine builders.

We often meet at the Reading Hackspace, and several TVRRUG builders are members. When TVRRUG events are held at the Space a donation is made to RMS.