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Hi @626pilot, Thanks for the response. I wasn't sure, but maybe I haven't explained our target customer is clearly. At this stage, the kit isn't really targeted at people who want to use their 3D printer to design and produce products themselves, it's targeted at (1) consumers who want to be able to ...

@626pilot, Thank you for your feedback. In the same way that the smartphone manufacturers require the app developers to code using an SDK, this solution is targeted at individuals who want to carve out a niche for themselves offering a next generation product that can be printed and assembled on a ...

@bot The condescending tone is somewhat unnecessary. Can I ask if you have designed any industrial robotics or other production line machinery? I have designed and developed a solution to automated product, precision assembly without a vision system or any of the other elements that would make it ...

@bot ...continuing off topic (but hopefully not for too long), we certainly don't support closed off IP - this is one of the fundamental points made in our Kickstarter - and one that I go into more fully in my (very badly written) ebook 'Compopoly'. The best path to real freedom - not having to work ...

This is going slightly off topic, but to answer your question... By conceiving a solution, then putting in the time and money to turn it into a working product, the designers and innovators are doing work. Why is it a negative thing if more than once individual or business decides to buy that ...

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You may be right, but if so then how do you propose that full time designers and innovators earn a living?



Senake

Hi @626Pilot, Our answer to the tool chain question comes in two parts - Firstly, as this initial release of our product assembly functionality is targeted as those wishing to design products for others to produce on their 3D printers, the output would be (probably encrypted) gcode - NB. I dislike ...

Hi @626Pilot, For 3D printing and local manufacturing to go mainstream, home spec 3D printable pocducts need to better those that are currently on the market at present in terms of function, form and/or cost. Ideally, we need to give the crowd the tools to come up with new products that have the ...

Hi again, The solution is primarily intended to push the barriers and increase 3D printer adoption for mainstream consumers/home usage. Consumers would just take the fully assembled product off the print bed when it was ready. Having said that, I do believe that a couple of guys have recently come ...

Hi there, The current GIF just shows a print and a (rechargeable battery) module being placed into it. We will be posting video footage and a GIF showing the start to finish of this product - a working toy car and other products from early next week. The idea behind the product is that a designer ...

The solution is actually targeted at individuals and businesses who want to become 3D printable product designers - not end users. The idea is that they would design the 3D printed components on CAD and then derive the pick/place Gcode directly for each type of machine in their target market. As ...

Hello all, Just to let you know, we have just launched a retrofit kit for the Rostock Max that enables the printer to be used for the production of more sophisticated, fully functional products. A limited number of early bird kits are available for £165 (around $250). :idea: The Kickstarter can be ...

Hi Jim, No I haven't, but thanks for pointing them out. I have had a look and they seem to be working at the electronic component level - our approach is completely different. Having built a lot of production line pick and place machinery, I wanted to keep things simple - the reels/vibratory feeders ...

Hi All, We have just launched our 'Fair Source' product assembling 3D printer on Kickstarter and are interested in feedback / local manufacturing collaborations. As the Rostock taught me much of what I know about 3D printing, I thought I would approach you guys direct. Please let me know your ...

Sorry to see you go - reading your many contributions has greatly increased my knowledge of 3D printing and kept my Rostock in good running order.

I have joint pains myself, so I do hope that these get better for you.


All the best,


Senake
London

Hi All, A bit of an update...on my post a couple of weeks ago where my Rambo blew all it's fuses and my PSU failed... Having received the very expensive "little fuses" from Mouser, I plugged them into the Rambo and switched on the power - ALL of the Rambo fuses blew immediately - there was a blue ...

Hi All, A bit of an update... Having received the very expensive "little fuses" from Mouser, I plugged them into the Rambo and switched on the power - ALL of the Rambo fuses blew again, but the PSU still works fine. I have removed the Rambo and checked for damage, but there isn't anything obvious ...

Hello all, I have had my Rostock for some time now and recently recalibrated it to try and improve the print quality. Following the recalibration, I set it going on an overnight job - after watching it put the base layers down. When I took a look in the morning, the print had stopped midway and the ...

image.jpg Hi All, This is a bit belated as I built my Rostock from an early kit supplied by SeeMeCNC's UK distributor back in mid 2013, but here are some images. The build was a bit problematic, but I did get it working after ordering a Rambo, borosilicate glass plate and other bits. I have shown ...

Hello All, I am very close to getting my Rostock finished, but something strange happened when I ran the hot end PID autotune with the M303 S200 command. As shown in the image below, there was quite a bit of lag between the hot end temperature and the thermistor, then when the hot end got to 200 ...

image.jpg Hello all, I have just completed the mechanical and electrical build of a UK supplied Rostock Max with some SeeMeCNC parts, but extrusions and wooden laser cut parts by Creative Machines, the distributor. The kit came with a RAMPS 1.4 as opposed to a Rambo shield - so all in all, the ...