RepLab - Revision history

Alfie at 17:47, 23 November 2025

2025-11-23T17:47:57Z

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	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.

	This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]]. [[WikiHouse]] appears to be fully open. And the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.		This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only a partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]]. [[WikiHouse]] appears to be fully open. And the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.

	=2023 Update=		=2023 Update=

Marcin: /* Links */

2023-06-28T15:28:37Z

Links

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	=Links=		=Links=
	*[[OSE Workshop]]		*[[OSE Workshop]] and [[Workshop]] layout.
	*[[Open Source Microfactory]]		*[[Open Source Microfactory]]
	*[[Basic Workshop]]		*[[Basic Workshop]]
	*[[Digital Fabrication]]		*[[Digital Fabrication]]
	*[[MIT Fab Lab item list]]		*[[MIT Fab Lab item list]]

Marcin: /* Links */

2023-06-28T15:27:14Z

Links

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	=Links=		=Links=
			*[[OSE Workshop]]
	*[[Open Source Microfactory]]		*[[Open Source Microfactory]]
	*[[Basic Workshop]]		*[[Basic Workshop]]
	*[[Digital Fabrication]]		*[[Digital Fabrication]]
	*[[MIT Fab Lab item list]]		*[[MIT Fab Lab item list]]

Marcin: /* 2023 Update */

2023-04-14T16:30:20Z

2023 Update

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	=2023 Update=		=2023 Update=
	~~All the below is, broadly speaking, hippyshit. However, the desktop~~ semiconductor foundry actually exists, and costs about $10-20M to implement - see [[Semiconductor Fabrication]].		Desktop semiconductor foundry actually exists, and costs about $10-20M to implement - see [[Semiconductor Fabrication]].

	=Design=		=Design=
	*[[RepLab Design]]		*[[RepLab Design]]

Marcin at 15:25, 14 April 2023

2023-04-14T15:25:37Z

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	This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]]. [[WikiHouse]] appears to be fully open. And the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.		This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]]. [[WikiHouse]] appears to be fully open. And the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.

			=2023 Update=
			All the below is, broadly speaking, hippyshit. However, the desktop semiconductor foundry actually exists, and costs about $10-20M to implement - see [[Semiconductor Fabrication]].
	=Design=		=Design=
	*[[RepLab Design]]		*[[RepLab Design]]

Marcin at 19:09, 18 January 2023

2023-01-18T19:09:25Z

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	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.

	This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]], [[WikiHouse]]~~, (designs~~ open ~~source and commercial) and~~ the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.		This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]]. [[WikiHouse]] appears to be fully open. And the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.

	=Design=		=Design=

Marcin at 20:20, 5 September 2020

2020-09-05T20:20:25Z

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	[[Image:replab.png\|center\|450px]]		[[Image:replab.png\|center\|450px]]

	'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D Printers, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/		'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D Printers, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/. The more recent work at OSE revolves around the [[Open Source Microfactory]]. RepLab, Open Source Microfactory, open source fablab - are all synonymous.

	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.
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	This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]], [[WikiHouse]], (designs open source and commercial) and the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.		This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]], [[WikiHouse]], (designs open source and commercial) and the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.

	==Design==		=Design=
	*[[RepLab Design]]		*[[RepLab Design]]

	==Tools==		=Tools=
	*[[RepLab Tools]]		*[[RepLab Tools]]

	==People==		=People=
	*[[Heath Matlock]]		*[[Heath Matlock]]
	*[[Leo.dearden]]		*[[Leo.dearden]]
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	*[[Sebastien]]		*[[Sebastien]]

	==Research==		=Research=
	*[http://future.wikia.com/wiki/Desktop_Semiconductor_Foundry Desktop Semiconductor Foundry]		*[http://future.wikia.com/wiki/Desktop_Semiconductor_Foundry Desktop Semiconductor Foundry]
	*[http://www.physikinstrumente.com/en/products/piezo_tutorial.php Nanopositioning]		*[http://www.physikinstrumente.com/en/products/piezo_tutorial.php Nanopositioning]

	==~~See Also==~~		=Links=
			*[[Open Source Microfactory]]
			*[[Basic Workshop]]
	*[[Digital Fabrication]]		*[[Digital Fabrication]]
	*[[MIT Fab Lab item list]]		*[[MIT Fab Lab item list]]

Marcin at 20:18, 5 September 2020

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	[[Image:replab.png\|center\|450px]]		[[Image:replab.png\|center\|450px]]

	'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D ~~Printere~~, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/		'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D Printers, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/

	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.

Marcin at 20:50, 10 November 2018

2018-11-10T20:50:15Z

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	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.

			This promise has been around since the Star Trek replicator, but to date, only partial or non-open source implementations are available - such as [[OpenDesk]], [[WikiHouse]], (designs open source and commercial) and the [[MIT FabLab]] (tools not open source and designs non-commercial). OSE aims to bridge this gap no later than by 2028.

	==Design==		==Design==

Marcin at 20:47, 10 November 2018

2018-11-10T20:47:55Z

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	'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]]		'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D Printere, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/

	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could ~~mould~~ metal into any shape, ~~mould~~ plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal to ~~pour it into moulds and do a few other basic tasks in a highly flexible way, with the~~ result that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. ~~In go~~ scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.

	==Design==		==Design==

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	[[Image:replab.png\|center\|450px]]		[[Image:replab.png\|center\|450px]]

	'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D ~~Printere~~, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/		'''RepLab''' is a proposed [[Digital Fabrication\|digital fabrication]] workshop. Unlike the [[MIT FabLab]], RepLab is based on open source tools and is thus 1/10th the cost. The first prototype of this is the [[FeF Workshop]], in existnce since 2012. Newer work on this is the smaller, desktop tools - 3D Printers, filament maker, laser cutter, and CNC circuit mill. See 2018 work at https://microfactory.opensourceecology.org/workshops/

	It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.		It would be a room with computer-controlled tools that could mold metal into any shape, mold plastic into any shape, print circuit boards, scan 3D shapes, melt down metal and roll metal to any stock steel section. The result is that you could make any electronic or mechanical device. Inputs are scrap metal, plastic and silicon - out come bicycles, saucepans, [[LifeTrac\|tractors]], medical equipment, mobile phones, laptop computers, Internet nodes, [[Solar Turbine\|solar turbines]], sculptures, robots and whatever else you can imagine. And one of the things it would be able to make would be another RepLab, as all the fabrication machines would use open-source designs. This would allow the labs to multiply like rabbits.