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FoldaRap, the Folding Reprap

by watsdesign

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Since 2012, I'm traveling around the town/country/world with my little folding RepRap !

I started by a folding reprap the size of a Mendel, then a smaller version more Huxley-transportable, and finally I'm developping this one build with standard aluminium extrusions.

The FoldaRap was the world's first foldable 3d-printer (yay!).

More on the RepRap Wiki [FoldaRap's page](http://reprap.org/wiki/FoldaRap)

Lots of pictures/videos on [flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/watsdesign/tags/foldarap/)

My adventures/travels with it gave birth to [OpenEdge](https://openedge.cc), which grew to make even more FoldaRap and Mondrian, then moved toward the industry/education with customs Alto and the HD/HD-E.

During the summer 2017 I went back working in FabLabs, but found time to update the FoldaRap with ideas waiting for implementation.
I also started a [LiberaPay](https://liberapay.com/EmmanuelG/?lang=en) account to explore alternative business-models : micro-donations for the d

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What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence

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FDM / FFF

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