African printer collects 3D printer from computer remnants

WoeLab is the first hackspace in West Africa, located in Lome , the capital of Togo . Young amateur craftsmen from the Togolese Republic want to present the world-made 3D printer “Made in Africa”. He was called "W.AFATE." W - from the name WoeLab, and "Afate" - the name of the developer.



Woelab purchased the Prusa Mendel kit from France and assembled it as part of AchiCamp 2012 . After assembly, the developers set themselves the goal of designing a printer that is easy to assemble from recycled materials.

In recent years, a suburb of Accra , the capital of Ghana, has turned into a huge dumpster of computer trash from Europe and the USA.








W.AFATE 3d printer can be assembled from spare parts of old computers, printers and scanners. And it 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 this from computer trash and send it to Mars:

UPD (by user xxxFeLiXxxx ):
" *** translation of signatures against the clock, starting from cameras ***

- double movable camera (multidirectional )
- a hand for issuing finished printed objects and for other manipulations with objects.
- chassis for moving the Wafate device (tracks).
- accumulator battery.
- bobbins with wire (metal and plastic).
- dual-use recycling system (plastic and metal can be recycled and turned into wire for future use).
- a hand for capturing recyclables (literally: “which feeds the chopper”).
- solar panel (energy source). "



You can get acquainted with other African hackspace projects at wlab.weebly.com/projects.html

Based on an article by W.Afate: a 3D printer made from recycled e-waste wants to go to Mars

UPD: Video