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Ellie Rose, founder and CEO of Cocoa Press, holds a piece with the 3D printer she uses to create 3D printed chocolate. She and Kim Chase were setting up their booth Friday at the Rocky Mountain Rap Festival at The Ranch in Loveland. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Community members looking to see the cutting edge of 3D printing technology can expect a full show this weekend in East Loveland.
The first Rocky Mountain Reprap Festival is coming to Loveland this weekend, bringing the world of 3D printing to the Ranch for locals to see.
The event’s three organizers, Justin Teitelbaum, Mike Medhurst, and Zach Ruder, said they came up with the idea for the event after visiting similar RepRap festivals in the past and wanting to host one in Colorado.
“We want to do something from this side of the country, especially in Colorado (where there are a lot of tech companies),” Teitelbaum said.
“I only went once to see how important that community is,” Medhurst said.
In creating the event, the RMRRF team called on sponsors and 3D printing creators to showcase their products to a local audience. Teitelbaum said, in turn, they’ve heard from innovators and companies around the world, from print professionals to printers and fiber manufacturers.
The two-day festival will feature not only sponsors and 3D printing creators, but also several events, including competitions between 3D-printed battle robots and printed drag racing cars.
“It’s going to be a huge event,” Teitelbaum said.
Throughout the day on Friday, people entered the exhibition hall and set up tables large and small with printing technology. This includes Ellie Rose, founder and CEO of Cocoa Press and her 3D printer that makes chocolate creations.
Rose traveled from Philadelphia to be a part of the event, and when she heard they were looking for sponsors, she quickly signed up. One of the biggest benefits of an event of this type and size is the collaboration between different people, he said.
“There’s this incredible collaboration that I haven’t seen in other industries,” she said.
Teitelbaum said the ultimate goal of the event is not only to bring inventors together, learn and create from each other, but also to help showcase where 3D printing technology and the future of the machines is headed.
“Not everyone has learned that 3D printing is bigger than anything you can imagine,” he said. “It really allows you to take your ideas and print them at home.”
“If we can help bring awareness to anyone who wants to be a maker, that’s what we want to do,” Rudder said.
Another important aspect of the festival, Medhurst said, is that big sellers, makers and the general public can come together to chat and have fun. The ultimate victory for such an event is to inspire the youth to continue 3D printing in the future and do great work, “because we were able to inspire them,” he said.
“Seeing people get energized is the best thing,” he said. “This is (so) important.”
The festival will last two days, Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm at the First National Bank Exhibition Hall, The Ranch, 5280 Arena Circle. Free tickets are available at rockymountainreprapfestival.com.
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