I'd like to add that the Hackerspace Charlotte RepRap group is pretty active. since we started a few months ago, we have about 10 people building Prusa Mendels (2.5 are already printing great) and the second round of the build group (about 5 or 6 people) have decided to build mendelmax's. altogether that's about 15 printers coming out of our hackerspace.
if anyone's interested, you're welcome to come check us out; we meet every Wednesday evening starting around 7.
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