School Student Hello Everyone If I could just take a small amount of your time to read this post, it is not spam and i am not selling anything. I am a student that attends stretford grammar school, I have been going for the last 7 years and am currently going in the upper sixth form. I am going onto university to study aerounautical engineering and I have a very keen eye for designing and building things. I currently am taking a-level product design. We have a technology department at our school and it isnt very modern. We can not do this due to funds so this means we have limited equipment and so not being able to develop some key skills. We have been looking at 3-D design work and looking at the process of designing. We came across the REPRAP Darwin . We went crazy over it and put a lot of research in, we came to a conclusion that it would cost around €500 (£423.71) which is what the technology department dont have, currently we have over spent nearly £1000 for materials. So we got a group of students together from the all the years in the school who are interested in Desing and Technology and we had a long chat about it, including teachers and headteacher. As we do not have sufficient funds and also we learnt that the Darwin and the 2nd generation of the printer can replicate itself, we decided that one of us would try and find a person that would kindly create the parts on there machine and donate them to the school. So we ask that if anyone will donate any parts to the school of Stretford Grammar. If parts are donated we would like the donator to come to our school one day to show them the difference it will make, if you wouldnt want to then a letter of appreciation will be mailed to you. Mathew Anthony Dale (Stretford Grammar School) https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67733#msg-67733 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:06:18 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67853#msg-67853 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67853#msg-67853 The printer will stay at the school, I have spent 7 years there and I want to leave it really as legacy (sounds really cheesy but I want to give the school something back)]]> MathewDale General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:39:53 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67852#msg-67852 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67852#msg-67852 -------------------------------------------------------
> Yes, the link is correct.
> Just follow the steps 1 through 6 in order.


Just!!!

Indeed. lol B)-

Good luck dude. So do you have some teachers that are interested in this project as well? Someone that will push you when times are hard and things are not working as you would like them to?

What happens with the printer when you move on? Does it stay with the school?]]> AgeingHippy General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:35:23 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67851#msg-67851 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67851#msg-67851 Just follow the steps 1 through 6 in order.]]> rhmorrison General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:14:44 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67838#msg-67838 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67838#msg-67838
[www.reprap.org]

The rest is a learning exercise ;-)

David]]> davmj General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:23:56 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67837#msg-67837 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67837#msg-67837 MathewDale General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:10:34 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67824#msg-67824 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67824#msg-67824
Quote
MathewDale
I am having some problem with the guides, finding them a little to all over the place, is there a link to a post or another page that you can send me to another guide?

What guides are you referring to?]]> rhmorrison General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:18:44 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67823#msg-67823 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67823#msg-67823 MathewDale General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:12:13 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67808#msg-67808 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67808#msg-67808 MathewDale General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:44:48 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67802#msg-67802 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67802#msg-67802
I have 4 stepper motor driver PCBs [reprap.org] and a sanguino kit [sanguino.cc] I will donate.

I can include some components for the stepper boards so it should not cost to much to buy the remaining parts.

You could probably build a heater controller on strip board at fairly low cost.

PM me the address to send the parts.]]> emt General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:45:29 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67795#msg-67795 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67795#msg-67795 Thanks for your advice SebastienBailard.
If we were able to be part of that loaner program then it would be amazing.]]> MathewDale General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:31:47 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67789#msg-67789 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67789#msg-67789 Yes but I have given parts away before and nothing has come of them so you need to get the electronics and the motors before I let you have the parts.

NopHead, in the case of those folk, you may want to ping them and gently point them at the loaner program? Couldn't hurt.]]> SebastienBailard General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:00:32 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67787#msg-67787 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67787#msg-67787
Want to help kick off the RepRap Loaner Program? (:D
http://reprap.org/wiki/Loaner_Program]]> SebastienBailard General Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:04:39 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67780#msg-67780 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67780#msg-67780 Cefiar General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:37:15 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67767#msg-67767 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67767#msg-67767 nophead General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:23:52 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67764#msg-67764 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67764#msg-67764 Thank you]]> MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:16:09 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67762#msg-67762 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67762#msg-67762
I have a Mendel and I have printed and sold 87 sets of parts so far: [cgi.ebay.co.uk]. This is a very public forum so I would not fail to deliver and ruin my reputation.]]> nophead General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:06:38 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67759#msg-67759 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67759#msg-67759 MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:38:13 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67756#msg-67756 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67756#msg-67756 Well would it not be better and show more progress within the project if we were to receive the printed parts now. If we go to other donors and they wanted to see our progress and we said weve been told we can get the parts just we have to get everything else first, by all means I am not saying I dont trust you or anything, just that it looks good on paper as we move forward in the project.]]> MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:21:57 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67753#msg-67753 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67753#msg-67753 nophead General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:04:19 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67746#msg-67746 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67746#msg-67746 MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:08:18 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67743#msg-67743 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67743#msg-67743 nophead General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:20:42 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67738#msg-67738 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67738#msg-67738 - model chinese board game (he will benefit from this as hios figures are 3 dimensional and can be made on a REPRAP) (y13)
- an electric thermostat that shows the current temperature of the room (the casing of this can be made on a REPRAP) (Y9)
- an electronic spirit level (the casing and the electronic components can benefit from the REPRAP) (y12)
- electronic bike alarm (the housing and the light assembly can benefit from this) (y10)
- fuse test (the casing of this) (y7)

This is about 4% of the projects going on in the school. We feel that the whole school will benefit from this and also the Art departmant.]]> MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:01:35 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67735#msg-67735 Re: School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67735#msg-67735 MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:31:54 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67733#msg-67733 School Student https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,67733,67733#msg-67733
If I could just take a small amount of your time to read this post, it is not spam and i am not selling anything. I am a student that attends stretford grammar school, I have been going for the last 7 years and am currently going in the upper sixth form. I am going onto university to study aerounautical engineering and I have a very keen eye for designing and building things. I currently am taking a-level product design. We have a technology department at our school and it isnt very modern. We can not do this due to funds so this means we have limited equipment and so not being able to develop some key skills. We have been looking at 3-D design work and looking at the process of designing. We came across the REPRAP Darwin . We went crazy over it and put a lot of research in, we came to a conclusion that it would cost around €500 (£423.71) which is what the technology department dont have, currently we have over spent nearly £1000 for materials.

So we got a group of students together from the all the years in the school who are interested in Desing and Technology and we had a long chat about it, including teachers and headteacher. As we do not have sufficient funds and also we learnt that the Darwin and the 2nd generation of the printer can replicate itself, we decided that one of us would try and find a person that would kindly create the parts on there machine and donate them to the school.

So we ask that if anyone will donate any parts to the school of Stretford Grammar. If parts are donated we would like the donator to come to our school one day to show them the difference it will make, if you wouldnt want to then a letter of appreciation will be mailed to you.

Mathew Anthony Dale

(Stretford Grammar School)]]> MathewDale General Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:14:28 -0500