RUG/Idaho
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Meetings
Regular meetings and general gettings together are held lately at the Reuseum, where one of two known Mendel Repraps resides in Idaho.
Location
RepRap Map link.
Time
Informally Saturday nights at 6-10pm. Meetings will be announced two weeks in advance.
Nearby Robot Hobby Clubs
- local First Robotics Competition, First Lego League.
- local RoboOne and Robot hobby group.
- Boise Robotics Group (BoRG)
Keyword searches to help you find Geek Groups Meetups
(keywords: your town, artist-run center, artbot, barcamp, dorkbot, experimental media, ham radio, linux, arduino, blender, circuit bending, RC aircraft, rocketry, cnc, etc.) This will require a few google searches, where you enter your town and one of the keywords above into the following string: "Your Town" keyword (meetup OR meeting OR group OR club OR society OR workshop OR hobby) [dorkbot.org] [www.arduino.cc]
- Boise Code Camp: All things code and programming, open source and physical computing useually get the much coveted "wow" factor.
- Boise 'Bot Competition: Annual creative robotics demonstrations, sumo tournaments, and exhibitions from local hobbyists, professionals and n00bs.
- Reuseum: Local surplus store emphasizing second tier recycling and creativity with scientific and industrial surplus. Reuseum hosts workshops, hack nights and open houses on all things DIY and tinker friendly.
- Discovery Center of Idaho: Educational and Scientific epicenter for anyone with a sense of wonder. DCI routinely hosts classes and events having to do with all things science. DCI also hosts the Boise Robotics Group and the Boise Bot Competition.
- BSU TechHelp: BSU student access to laser and SLA machines. Open to the public by appointment.
Official RepRap Suppliers
Local Suppliers
Local Shops may be better or worse than buying from online retailers. This depends on your local shops and what you're getting. Stepper motors you'll want to get online, steel rod - perhaps not. Fasteners, it depends. You may want to check your yellow pages to look these up, as opposed to online.
Industrial Hardware of Idaho has agreed to stock a hardware kit that includes the following; -Bolts -Bar and Threaded rod (including stainless steel) -Fasteners
Thick sheet and Reprapped parts are available locally from the users at Reuseum, as well as users on the Reprap forums.
