If any of you have been dying to see physical progress then this next week will be worth watching. I have been away from my tools for 2+ weeks now and am about to go crazy. I have channeled that energy into virtual endeavors but at the end of the day we need a physical machine.
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3D Printer Guts!
Today has been very exciting. My cousin that runs a cabinet shop just bought a 4'x8' CNC mill. He is going to mill some MDF for my machines and have a rugged plastic coating applied by a friend of his. I just ordered 2000 608 bearings moments ago. I received a partial order for the electronics earlier today. I am just about to order all the bolts. Exciting stuff. The most exciting thing is that I got my first donation for this project. Thank you Tim Deagan! If anyone else wants to give a donation before they run out, I put a link on the Thingiverse site. :-)
I mapped out this next week and it looks like I should be able to get Wally and SimpleSimpson to both make some first moves.
I have gotten an amazing amount of people interested in my beta kits. It is going to be hard to pick the 40 people to do the testing. I am going to do first come first served combined with how much they have participated in the project. It will not be easy but if all goes well, those that don't get beta kits will be first in line for the production run.
I am really looking forward to actually doing some physical building this week!
3D Printer Guts!
Today has been very exciting. My cousin that runs a cabinet shop just bought a 4'x8' CNC mill. He is going to mill some MDF for my machines and have a rugged plastic coating applied by a friend of his. I just ordered 2000 608 bearings moments ago. I received a partial order for the electronics earlier today. I am just about to order all the bolts. Exciting stuff. The most exciting thing is that I got my first donation for this project. Thank you Tim Deagan! If anyone else wants to give a donation before they run out, I put a link on the Thingiverse site. :-)
I mapped out this next week and it looks like I should be able to get Wally and SimpleSimpson to both make some first moves.
I have gotten an amazing amount of people interested in my beta kits. It is going to be hard to pick the 40 people to do the testing. I am going to do first come first served combined with how much they have participated in the project. It will not be easy but if all goes well, those that don't get beta kits will be first in line for the production run.
I am really looking forward to actually doing some physical building this week!