# Build a 3D Printer in 1 Day
##### Oct 27, 2018
##### Oakland, California

## What you'll learn
Learn how to build an open source 3d printer that lets you build at industry standards at a local community scale. We'll show you step-by-step how to build this modular design in an accessible and straightforward way. You'll appreciate how an open source 3d printer is designed and experience how teams can work together to build something amazing, even if they're novices. Each team takes a 3D printer home to their community that they can use to build community-scale infrastructure or make 3D printed objects.

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## About Your Hosts
### Sara
I am an Open Source Ecology Fellow who does core research on open source machines and facilitates the adoption of technology in local communities through workshops and events. I'm excited to collaborate together!

### Alex
I am an Open Source Ecology Fellow and a grassroots organizer for Rad Chinese and STAR (Surviving Thriving Asians Rising). I want to make sure that everybody feels included and understands what they need to do next. Come hang out with us and build.

## About Open Source Ecology
Open Source Ecology is developing open source industrial machines that can be made for a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free. We run public workshops teaching people to build these machines so we can together create an open source economy which increases innovation by open collaboration.

## Schedule / Itenerary / What we'll do
The event runs 8am-8pm. Specific timing depends significantly on how we progress as a group but generally we follow a timeline like this:

8am: OSE Introduction. Applications of the 3D Printer Construction Set.
9am: Morning Build Session
12pm: Lunch
1pm: Afternoon Build Session
5pm: Dinner
6pm: Printer Calibration & First Prints
7pm: Review and Learning Discussion
8pm: Event ends

## Testimonials
> I and my daughters loved the 3D printing workshop. Your group is so smart yet so kind, accommodating and cheerfully optimistic. It is so refreshing. Thank you for giving our learning direction and renewed focus.

> As a software developer who wants to change the world, creating real-world products was something I knew nothing about. Thanks to this intro to tool-making, I actually know the first steps to changing the material world around me!

## Where we'll meet
We will hold this workshop in the Oakland / Berkeley area in California.

The exact location is to be determined.

### MAP

## Before you register
Please bring a bag lunch and dinner! Workshop fee does not include food, but snacks will be provided.

Take advantage of our 2-for-1 offer and bring a family member or friend with you for free. To complete the 3D printer, we highly advise that you bring a least one exra person, more welcomed, to assist in the build.

Nearby overnight lodging can be found in or around Oakland. Oakland is within one hour's driving distance of three international airports: Oakland (OAK), San Francisco (SFO), and San Jose (SJO).

## Registration
*Note to Catarina*:
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## FAQ
### Q: What are the specifications of the machine we will be building?
* **Steel frame** (robust for 3D printing and other applications)
* Print bed: 8″x8″
* **PEI heated build surface** (state-of-the-art for easy part removal, parts almost pop off the surface once a print cools)
* **Titan Aero extruder** with Volano nozzle* (one of the most advanced, flexible, and designed for both standard filaments and rubber)
* **LCD display** with SD card reader (use the 3D printer standalone without tying up your computer)
* Universal Axis (universal motion system)
* **Quick Connect toolhead mount** (interchangeable with other print heads for printing different types of plastic)


### Q: What does this immersive experience really look like?
See a video from one of our last year’s workshops at Open Source Ecology for what a build looks like:
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### Q: How does building a 3D Printer fit into the larger vision of Open Source Ecology?
Open Source Ecology’s mission is to eliminate scarcity by creating an open source economy. We are a 501c3 nonprofit developing open source industrial machines to help people build and design their community and live with abundance. It is our dream to change the status quo of how everyday people interact with the material world around them.

We hold events as an introduction to this technical skillset and demonstrate how open collaboration can create community-scale infrastructure that enables new possibilities for wealth and community.

To enable the printing of large objects at low cost – we diversify into producing 3D printing filament from scrap plastic. We grind down scrap plastic, extrude it into 3D printing filament with our filament maker, and then wind it onto spools with the filament winder. Produced at a cost of only 10 cents per lb – we have inexpensive 3D printing filament that is almost free.

### Q: I want to attend the workshop but I'm not in the area. How can I bring this event to my city?
Send us an email with a subject title "Requesting an OSE Workshop" to "director at opensourceecology dot org." and share your name, interest, city, and timeline.

## Register Button
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## Payment Methods
We can accept the following payment methods: PayPal, Credit Card, Dwolla, Bitcoin, Check, Money Order, Wire Transfer, or Cash. Our online registration only accepts PayPal and Credit Card. To pay another way, please email us at [e-mail].

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#### References
* https://www.opensourceecology.org/3d-printer-workshop-eugene-oregon/
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