Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Midwest RepRap Festival has always been more than just a 3D printing event — it is where ideas, chaos, community, and absolute madness come together.
This Channel is sponsored by **PCBWay**. If you need custom PCBs, CNC machining, brackets, plates, enclosures, sheet metal, 3D printing, or prototype-to-production manufacturing for your own projects, check them out here: pcbway.com/g/M3R75n
In this video I’m back in Goshen, Indiana for what may be the final MRRF as we know it. We catch up with West3D, talk Ambrosia filament, Death Racers, maker chips, 3D printed Nerf blasters, giant printed models, Creality scanners, Hyperdrive print heads, and some of the people who make this community what it is.
There’s also a serious side to this one. Death Racers has grown far beyond what any of us expected, and with that comes the need to talk about rules, fairness, classes, and where the whole thing goes next.
We also hear from the MRRF team about the future of the event, why the Midwest RepRap Festival name is being brought to a close, and what could be coming next through MakerHive.
This isn’t really the end. It’s a new beginning.
Chapters:
0:00 MRRF is back
0:36 Supported by PCBWay
1:25 West3D and why this event matters
3:20 Ambrosia filament
5:35 UV printed Death Racer wheels
6:45 Death Racers, Zack and the fairness debate
10:40 New Death Racer kits and the Aries class
12:30 Albi’s boat racer
15:55 3D printed Nerf blasters
19:35 Getting shot in the buttock
21:15 Sauron, costumes and printed chaos
22:40 Andrew Rogers and the Severance-style terminal
25:30 The Tiny Bike whale shark
28:10 Maker Chips with K2 Kevin
36:20 Creality 3D scanners with Yuri
45:30 Hyperdrive Designs and saving the Ender 3
49:15 Zany Maker Zach and 3D printed armour
54:20 Giant 3D printed Voltron
56:25 Life-size Krampus print
58:15 The Polymaker booth
58:55 The end of MRRF as we know it
1:04:30 New beginnings
Links:
PCBWay:
pcbway.com/g/M3R75n
West3D:
west3d.com
Ambrosia Filament:
west3d.com/collections/ambrosia-filament
K2 Kevin / Maker Chips:
k2designlab.com
Creality:
creality.com
HyperDrive Design:
hyperdrivedesign.com
Fabreeko:
fabreeko.com
KB3D:
kb-3d.com
Huge thanks to everyone who spoke to us, everyone who has supported Death Racers, and everyone who keeps turning up to these events and making the 3D printing community what it is.
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and let me know in the comments what you think should happen next with Death Racers.
#3DPrinting #MRRF #MidwestRepRapFestival #DeathRacers #RepRap #MakerCommunity #3DPrinter #West3D #Creality #MakerChips
The Midwest RepRap Festival has always been more than just a 3D printing event — it is where ideas, chaos, community, and absolute madness come together.
This Channel is sponsored by **PCBWay**. If you need custom PCBs, CNC machining, brackets, plates, enclosures, sheet metal, 3D printing, or prototype-to-production manufacturing for your own projects, check them out here: pcbway.com/g/M3R75n
In this video I’m back in Goshen, Indiana for what may be the final MRRF as we know it. We catch up with West3D, talk Ambrosia filament, Death Racers, maker chips, 3D printed Nerf blasters, giant printed models, Creality scanners, Hyperdrive print heads, and some of the people who make this community what it is.
There’s also a serious side to this one. Death Racers has grown far beyond what any of us expected, and with that comes the need to talk about rules, fairness, classes, and where the whole thing goes next.
We also hear from the MRRF team about the future of the event, why the Midwest RepRap Festival name is being brought to a close, and what could be coming next through MakerHive.
This isn’t really the end. It’s a new beginning.
Chapters:
0:00 MRRF is back
0:36 Supported by PCBWay
1:25 West3D and why this event matters
3:20 Ambrosia filament
5:35 UV printed Death Racer wheels
6:45 Death Racers, Zack and the fairness debate
10:40 New Death Racer kits and the Aries class
12:30 Albi’s boat racer
15:55 3D printed Nerf blasters
19:35 Getting shot in the buttock
21:15 Sauron, costumes and printed chaos
22:40 Andrew Rogers and the Severance-style terminal
25:30 The Tiny Bike whale shark
28:10 Maker Chips with K2 Kevin
36:20 Creality 3D scanners with Yuri
45:30 Hyperdrive Designs and saving the Ender 3
49:15 Zany Maker Zach and 3D printed armour
54:20 Giant 3D printed Voltron
56:25 Life-size Krampus print
58:15 The Polymaker booth
58:55 The end of MRRF as we know it
1:04:30 New beginnings
Links:
PCBWay:
pcbway.com/g/M3R75n
West3D:
west3d.com
Ambrosia Filament:
west3d.com/collections/ambrosia-filament
K2 Kevin / Maker Chips:
k2designlab.com
Creality:
creality.com
HyperDrive Design:
hyperdrivedesign.com
Fabreeko:
fabreeko.com
KB3D:
kb-3d.com
Huge thanks to everyone who spoke to us, everyone who has supported Death Racers, and everyone who keeps turning up to these events and making the 3D printing community what it is.
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and let me know in the comments what you think should happen next with Death Racers.
#3DPrinting #MRRF #MidwestRepRapFestival #DeathRacers #RepRap #MakerCommunity #3DPrinter #West3D #Creality #MakerChips
