Sometime around the beginning of next year I would like to host another RepRap 3D printer build class. This time instead of building one 3D printer as a group, I would like to have each student purchase their own low-cost kit and we would build it together. Participants would walk away with their own working printer.
The best US-based kit I can find for the price seems to be this kit by Makerfarm, the base kit is $375, it does not include a 12v 30amp PSU which can be sourced at various other places like amazon.
http://www.makerfarm.com/index.php/pegasus-8-kit.html/
I could do an eventbrite link and pre-order the kits, but I know there would be a significant up-charge for the fees, I can see if Makerfarm would do a group discount. I would probably limit the class to 5 students.
BTW, this wouldn’t be until the current Mendel90 project is finished. I realize that buying a kit is much easier logistically than the Mendel90 build was from scratch. The makerfarm kit estimates 3 hours to build so the class wouldn’t be more than two 4 hour sessions.