[Lab] afordable printing???

[aaron at ottawarobotics.org]

A 3D printer in the lab is worth two on Kickstarter.... Or so the saying 
goes I suppose.

Its likely not a scam, but it looks to me like the initial $199 and $249 
prices were there simply to drive demand and jump start the kickstarter. 
That initial boost in the earnings of the kickstarter brings the rest in 
at the higher prices where they actually have a chance of making some 
money.

I'll be surprised if they hit their time targets though... it seems 
pretty aggressive unless they already have everything sorted.

Anyhow, buying something like that on kickstarter where you can't 
expected to even see it for another year is madness. There are plenty of 
lower priced printers on the market already that can be bought and used 
immediately. Sell that one when the kickstarter is over and the new 
printer is proven.

Aaron



On 2014-04-09 14:05, andrew Szeto wrote:
> Pretty interesting thread over on reddit about all of this today:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/22jhlw/cheap_3d_printer_raises_1_million_on_kickstarter/
> 
> definitely a skeptic on this end, but awesome if they can make it
> happen.
> 
>> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 13:59:26 -0400
>> From: dougcommons at rogers.com
>> To: lab at artengine.ca
>> Subject: [Lab] afordable printing???
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> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/m3d/the-micro-the-first-truly-consumer-3d-printer
> 
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