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MRRF 2018 Recap & OpenRC

Location: HackPGH

HackPGH has nearly doubled in size!

3DPPGH was a MRRF sponsor for the 3rd year in a row. We were represented by: Ryan, Chris, Joel Johnson, and Bill White. 3DPPGH hosted the inaugural Crappy Print Award celebrated epic 3D printing failures, and Team Shake ‘N Bake raced (poorly) in the OpenRC F1 World championships. Check out the 3DPPGH MRRF 2018 post here for more information.

Chris and Ryan summarized their experience at MRRF and then provided an overview of the OpenRC F1 project to support any folks interested in printing a car of their own.

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Midwest RepRap Festival (MRRF) 2017

Chris and Ryan attended MRRF 2017 as a Bronze Sponsor via 3DPPGH.

3DPPGH was a Bronze Sponsor of MRRF 2017, and Chris and Ryan spent the weekend Goshen, IN for another fun-filled, community-driven event. Goshen is the home of SeeMeCNC, a superb open-source 3D printer company and the host of the Midwest RepRap Festival.

After renting a vehicle large enough to transport any 3D printer home if necessary, the 3DPPGH team had a rather eventful trip this year. It is hard to get the complete story devoid of half-truths; however, from Ryan’s point of view the following may or may not have happened:

  • We ran out of gas while Chris was driving- just presenting the facts.
  • An Indiana State Trooper may have allegedly assisted Ryan in stealing a gas can from a nearby gas station.
  • When pulling into the gas station after a tense refill on the side of the highway with a stolen gas can, the van was driven into the bollard protecting the pump. Chris was driving- still just presenting the facts.
  • Upon stopping the van, the vehicle was left in drive and may have allegedly dragged Ryan a couple of feet. Chris was still driving…
  • The cap for the gas can broke, so the bozos decided to make a temporary cap with layers of shopping bag plastic held atop of the can while screwing on the remains of the broken cap. 20 miles later into the drive, the makeshift cap broke (surprise, surprise), and Ryan held the now open gas can between his legs in the front seat. We drove the rest of the way with the windows down with only some”minor” spillage
  • Matt and Mandy Stultz greeted us at the table they commandeered for us. After hugs were shared, Mandy said, “You smell like gasoline”…

Here are a few noteworthy events for Ryan as a complete 3D Printing Fanboy:

Josef and Ryan with the Make: magazine
Daniel and Ryan with the OpenRC Formula 1 car

Here are a few noteworthy events for Chris (from Ryan’s perspective):

  • Chris, JetGuy, Tom, and James were able to make a multi-material Prusa MK2 by connecting the Mosaic Palette before the weekend was over
  • Chris got to talk shop with Printrbot’s Brooke Drum while we hung out at the SeeMeCNC factory after hours.

Click here for the Google Photo Album.