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 Reprap Wilson, 3D printer design
+Published under GPL v3
+
+This is my reprap printer design, a derivative from Josef Prusa's i3 with the
+following goals:
+
+1.  Replace the waterjet metal frame / wooden box frame with an inexpensive
+       and rigid frame made from standard 2020 Aluminum Extrusion.
+
+2.  To make the build volume parametric (easy to scale up or down by 50%), with
+       a parametric BOM tool (spreedsheet) to assist in part selection.
+
+3.  To simplify construction of the printer by reducing vitamins and including 
+    detailed assembly steps as part of the design files.  I've made an effort 
+       to reduce the number of unique parts (nuts & bolts) as much as possible.
+       I've also incorporated single-piece Y ends that eliminate about 20 more
+       hardware items.
+
+The repository has these parts:
+
+1. The STL files needed to build the printer.
+2. Documentation section where instructions and parts-list can be found.
+3. Some parts have corresponding OpenSCAD models which are kept in the scad 
+   folder.
+4. Various images of the printer/build process are in the images folder 
+   (beneath docs).
+
+
+