In African Hackspace collect 3d printer from the remnants of computers

WoeLab is the first hackspace in western Africa, located in Lomé , the capital of Togo . Young master amateurs from Togolese Republic want to present the 3d printer “Made in Africa” to the world. He was called "W.AFATE". W is from the name WoeLab, and “Afate” is the name of the developer.



Woelab purchased the Prusa Mendel kit from France and collected it as part of AchiCamp 2012 . After assembly, the developers set for themselves the goal to design a printer that is easy to assemble from recycled materials.
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In recent years, the suburb of Accra , the capital of Ghana has turned into a huge dump of computer garbage from Europe and the USA








W.AFATE 3d printer can be assembled from parts of old computers, printers and scanners. And can be created by the efforts of ordinary people.


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The next project of African developers, together with the French, is to build from computer garbage and send this to Mars:

UPD (by user xxxFeLiXxxx ):
"*** translation of signatures against the hour hand, starting with the cameras ***

- double mobile camera (multidirectional).
- A hand for issuing finished printed objects and for other manipulations with objects.
- chassis for moving the Wafate device (tracks).
- accumulator battery.
- reels with wire (metal and plastic).
- a system for processing recyclable dual-use (plastic and metal can be recycled and turned into wire for further use).
- a hand to capture recyclables (literally: "which feeds the chopper").
- solar panel (power source). "



You can get acquainted with other projects of the African Hackspace via the link wlab.weebly.com/projects.html

Written based on the W.Afate article : a 3D printer made from recycled e-waste wants to go to Mars

UPD: Video