SMRRF 2024

The UK's Leading RepRap Festival Recap

Sat 7th & Sun 8th Dec 2024

Once again we had an absolute blast at SMRRF!!

This year, the event was hosted in the modern, accessible Manchester Metropolitan University Business School in partnership with Manchester Met's PrintCity.

Thanks to our incredible community, we raised £94k to support neurodiverse young people in STEM and keep Sanjay's legacy alive.

With 1000 people through the door, 75 exhibitors and content creators this year you could not only see all the latest innovation from your favourite 3D printing companies, you also had to chance to delve into the world of STEM with workshops, robots, and more. Check out just some of the highlights of the day...

🔨 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – Over £8.5k raised!
➡️ Vector 3D’s limited-edition Huxley: Sold for over £1k
➡️ Luke from Polymaker’s 3D Printed Artworks raised a stunning £1.5k collectively
➡️ Layered Collection Community Artwork by 3D Print Bunny & Denise stl, sponsored by Bambu Lab: Won by 3D 360, & to be displayed to inspire learners at their Community Skills Centre raised £751
➡️ The Original Positron V3 + new Positron V3.2 kit: Reached over £1k

🤓 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘇 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄
Hosted by the amazing Joel Telling from 3D Printing Nerd, raised nearly £1k! Special shout-out to the sponsors of this event - Prusa Research, Polymaker & Cookiecad for their generous contributions. To David Tobin for pulling it all together and congratulations to the winning team, which included two SMF Stars ⭐!

🥧 𝗣𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
A huge thank-you to Grant Posner of 3D Musketeers and his buddies for enduring endless pies in the face, raising an incredible £2.7k.

🎟️ 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 – Nearly £5k raised!
Special thanks to Bambu Lab, Alan Mandic, KB3D LIMITED, Adam Syfrett, Pharm.D, MBA and the Voron team for donating incredible 3D printers.

💡 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 & 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀
➡️ Inspiring panel on Facing Failure with Ruth from Kids Invent Stuff, Allie Katz from Katz Creates, and Ben Edmonds from Inventor Club, hosted by the charismatic Repkord.
➡️ Updates from some of the major players including Nadia Yaakoubi's talk for Bambu Lab (we missed you Cedric Mallet!), ChampionX, E3D, Prusa Research and so many more.
➡️ Hands-on STEM workshops by Droid Builders Club and Inventor Club, sparking creativity among the innovators of tomorrow.

🌟 𝗦𝗠𝗙 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲
It was a privilege to introduce you to some of the SMF Stars you’ve supported so far. Ciaran, Solome, Henry, Dominic, Ted, Alexis, and Zac Smith - your stories inspired us all.

To everyone who attended, exhibited, fundraised, volunteered, donated - your generosity and kindness leave us absolutely gobsmacked 🎉. We are so unbelievably grateful 😍 . Thank you so much.

If you're interested in being kept up to date with plans for SMRRF 2025/26, let us know here.

Loads more SMRRF 2024 videos can be found on YouTube here

Welcome by Teula

South Atrium

Prusa

Panel Discussion

BIQU stand

Joel Telling arrives!

Fulv's beautiful creations

Grant & Doc get Pied!

Fantastic Volunteers

What went on at SMRRF 24

Along with all the top brand names and Content Creators of the 3D Printing Industry, SMRRF 2024 was packed with even more.

Take a look at some of the activities that went on...

Droid Builders STEM Workshops

For Star Wars fan 8 years or older loved this hands-on workshop! Groups joined us for LED badge making, Sabacc (Han Solo and Landorissian's game), astromech and programming, press badge making, binary code bracelets, and more.

A big thank you to Michael Baddeley the Droids team for making this event possible. May the force be with you!

Death Racers

You know the score...

"Warriors of speed, today we stand on the brink of greatness, where only the boldest dare tread. Before you lies the power to create, to forge your own destiny, and to unleash the fury of the Death Racer. So, gear up, warriors. Let your motors roar, your courage rise, and may the best racer claim the crown, heads will roll!"

Fans brought their racers to SMRRF.

There could only be ONE WINNER!!!!!

Education Corner

This year we focused on educating the next generation of innovators. Those who had never used a 3D printer or 3D printing pen, came along to our 'Education Corner' to can give it a go.

Our awesome volunteers were on hand to show everyone the ropes.

Visitors also had the chance to play with 3D printed games, fidget toys or to just get creative with some Lego.

Jump of Doom
Workshop

An exciting, hands-on challenge with Inventor Club! Contestants built a cardboard car that could safely carry an orange "stuntperson" down a 6ft ramp and onto a landing ramp. With expert tuition and the freedom to innovate, this was a must for makers of all ages. How far did the cars jump and did the oranges survive?