Month: April 2012

Mountain-flying in the French Alps

If you are up for some challenging approaches and tricky landings while you like to enjoy spectacular scenery, here is a good suggestion for a destination.

If you are up for some challenging approaches and tricky landings while you like to enjoy spectacular scenery, here is a good suggestion for a destination.

Some clarifications…

Hi Guys,

First of all thank you very much for all support, we are having a amazing campaign at Indiegogo. (http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter)

I would like to clarify few things about the project:

What is the Kit?

I saw many negativ…

Hi Guys,

First of all thank you very much for all support, we are having a amazing campaign at Indiegogo. (http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter)

I would like to clarify few things about the project:

What is the Kit?

I saw many negative comments in different blogs about the kit price, I believe that most of the comments are coming from people who believe we will be building the kit in my kitchen using components from the hardware store across the street. Additionally people are questioning the ability to provide support for the software as they believe are just people developing it for fun during free time.

My apologies for not explaining this before and creating this confusion. I understand the negative comments as I would also not pay 4K USD for something that will be produced in someones kitchen (place where 99% people are mentioning - LOL).

We have been developing a very professional kit, which will be manufactured in China with high precision components and plastic injected parts. The result is a good looking kit as well precision and great quality. The pictures you see so far is from our first working prototype, the kit looks much better. We will release the new kit pictures soon, you will be surprised. Why we havent share this so far? Because the new version uses a slightly different process than the one we have posted in the internet and we don't to make the details public on internet before the end of the campaign.

So, please don't think you are buying a "kitchen" manufactured machine. We moved to very professional mode for this kit long time ago, and we have all sort of engineers working in the project.

Additionally the software is not a weekend project, we have a small team working for over 1 year and 8 months full time on it. Just compare our software with the existing open sources... yes, difficult to compare... :-)

We are setting up the suport for both kit and software following best industry standards and I am sure everyone that acquires the kit will be more than happy with that.

I will provide some new pics soon, new objects and videos.

BTW, electronics are not standard 9.99 boards in the market but a special designed board.

Does it means if I buy the blue print I will need to build special precision parts?

This would be the preferable option, but you can still develop a machine using the hardware shop material or things from ebay. But we can't guarantee the quality.

We will create a forum where people who wants to build their own machine would be able to share their experience.

BTW1: Some people are getting upset and writing terrible things just because they are not getting answers for their questions. I am really sorry about it, and I apologize. We are receiving over 100 emails daily and many comments in the blog. Unfortunately we have huge backlog of questions which we expect to clean soon, right now our focus is on the design/development, so there will be always a bit of delay in the answers. Please don't take conclusions by yourself and kindly contact us by email (veloso3d@gmail.com) if you have any question or concern.

BTW2: I don't understand why so many people is asking for open source project... ???.. sorry the project is not open source as you expect.

Cheers












Some clarifications…

Hi Guys,

First of all thank you very much for all support, we are having a amazing campaign at Indiegogo. (http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter)

I would like to clarify few things about the project:

What is the Kit?

I saw many negativ…

Hi Guys,

First of all thank you very much for all support, we are having a amazing campaign at Indiegogo. (http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter)

I would like to clarify few things about the project:

What is the Kit?

I saw many negative comments in different blogs about the kit price, I believe that most of the comments are coming from people who believe we will be building the kit in my kitchen using components from the hardware store across the street. Additionally people are questioning the ability to provide support for the software as they believe are just people developing it for fun during free time.

My apologies for not explaining this before and creating this confusion. I understand the negative comments as I would also not pay 4K USD for something that will be produced in someones kitchen (place where 99% people are mentioning - LOL).

We have been developing a very professional kit, which will be manufactured in China with high precision components and plastic injected parts. The result is a good looking kit as well precision and great quality. The pictures you see so far is from our first working prototype, the kit looks much better. We will release the new kit pictures soon, you will be surprised. Why we havent share this so far? Because the new version uses a slightly different process than the one we have posted in the internet and we don't to make the details public on internet before the end of the campaign.

So, please don't think you are buying a "kitchen" manufactured machine. We moved to very professional mode for this kit long time ago, and we have all sort of engineers working in the project.

Additionally the software is not a weekend project, we have a small team working for over 1 year and 8 months full time on it. Just compare our software with the existing open sources... yes, difficult to compare... :-)

We are setting up the suport for both kit and software following best industry standards and I am sure everyone that acquires the kit will be more than happy with that.

I will provide some new pics soon, new objects and videos.

BTW, electronics are not standard 9.99 boards in the market but a special designed board.

Does it means if I buy the blue print I will need to build special precision parts?

This would be the preferable option, but you can still develop a machine using the hardware shop material or things from ebay. But we can't guarantee the quality.

We will create a forum where people who wants to build their own machine would be able to share their experience.

BTW1: Some people are getting upset and writing terrible things just because they are not getting answers for their questions. I am really sorry about it, and I apologize. We are receiving over 100 emails daily and many comments in the blog. Unfortunately we have huge backlog of questions which we expect to clean soon, right now our focus is on the design/development, so there will be always a bit of delay in the answers. Please don't take conclusions by yourself and kindly contact us by email (veloso3d@gmail.com) if you have any question or concern.

BTW2: I don't understand why so many people is asking for open source project... ???.. sorry the project is not open source as you expect.

Cheers












Indiegogo campaign is live!!!!

Hi Guys,

We are glad to inform that our Indiegogo campaign for the project is live, please find the link below:

http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter

Thank you very much for your support.

Cheers

Hi Guys,

We are glad to inform that our Indiegogo campaign for the project is live, please find the link below:

http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter

Thank you very much for your support.

Cheers

Indiegogo campaign is live!!!!

Hi Guys,

We are glad to inform that our Indiegogo campaign for the project is live, please find the link below:

http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter

Thank you very much for your support.

Cheers

Hi Guys,

We are glad to inform that our Indiegogo campaign for the project is live, please find the link below:

http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter

Thank you very much for your support.

Cheers

Unbelievable!!! Thanks for all emails!!!

Hi Guys,



We are extremely excited with the feedback and emails we have received!!!



In less than 24 hours we received over 150 emails requesting to enter in the pre-order list, some people for basic kit and most for the full kit!! We are very hap…

Hi Guys,



We are extremely excited with the feedback and emails we have received!!!



In less than 24 hours we received over 150 emails requesting to enter in the pre-order list, some people for basic kit and most for the full kit!! We are very happy with the success!!!



Because of that we decided to start the Indiegogo campaign tomorrow (April 2nd) as pre-order of the kits.



We received many questions and they will be all in our FAQ.



We are planning to have the following perks for our campaign:

Important: All prices below are just for Indiegogo.

E-mail PDF (59 USD):
One PDF document that will be delivered by email with the printer high level design (no measures included in the drawings), pictures, design suggestions, tips, some secrets.
This document brings all information for a hobbyist to design and develop his own printer.

The person should have some strong mechanical and electronic skills to be able to build the machine.

CD with complete design (159 USD - including shipping):
A CD with detailed printer design, including all measures, detailed pictures, BOM, videos how to assemble, manual, one resin formula and tips.

This CD contains all detailed information for a hobbyist to build our printer. The person should have some mechanical and electronic skills to be able to build the machine.

Software + Complete CD (399 USD - including shipping):
The CD above + full license of our software (features of the software will be in the FAQ)
Software price after Indiegogo: (549 USD)

Basic Kit I (Software + Controler board + Complete CD) (599 USD - shipping not included):
All items above + 1 controller board (able to control the entire printer).
(This basic kit does not include motors or linear guides or projector)
Price After Indiegogo: (849 USD)

Basic Kit II (Basic Kit I + few mechanical parts) (1999 USD - shipping not included):
This kit will have the Basic Kit I + the following parts:
1) All necessary motors for the printer
2) The linear actuators
3) Power supply for the controller board and motors
4) Building tray
5) Building head (area that the object is build)
With this kit you will have almost everything you need to speed up the process of building our printer.
(This basic kit does not include projector, machine main structure, as well some mechanical parts)
Price After Indiegogo: (2699 USD)

Full Kit (everything you need + 1KG of resin!!) - (3999 USD - shipping not included):
This kit will include everything, from projector to bolts and nuts. You will need just few hours to assemble and run you new 3D Printer. This kit also comes with 1KG of resin, which is enough to print a lot!!!
Price After Indiegogo: (to be defined)
Unfortunately we will be able to deliver only 250 full kits this year for this Indiegogo campaign, because of production limitation and we will probably just take new orders next year once we deliver all Indiegogo perks.

Additionally the campaign will last just for 2 months and the order will follow the purchase order at Indiegogo.

I am sure you will have great time with this machine as much we have been working on it.



BTW, this is not 1st April joke... :-)



Cheers,

Unbelievable!!! Thanks for all emails!!!

Hi Guys,



We are extremely excited with the feedback and emails we have received!!!



In less than 24 hours we received over 150 emails requesting to enter in the pre-order list, some people for basic kit and most for the full kit!! We are very hap…

Hi Guys,



We are extremely excited with the feedback and emails we have received!!!



In less than 24 hours we received over 150 emails requesting to enter in the pre-order list, some people for basic kit and most for the full kit!! We are very happy with the success!!!



Because of that we decided to start the Indiegogo campaign tomorrow (April 2nd) as pre-order of the kits.



We received many questions and they will be all in our FAQ.



We are planning to have the following perks for our campaign:

Important: All prices below are just for Indiegogo.

E-mail PDF (59 USD):
One PDF document that will be delivered by email with the printer high level design (no measures included in the drawings), pictures, design suggestions, tips, some secrets.
This document brings all information for a hobbyist to design and develop his own printer.

The person should have some strong mechanical and electronic skills to be able to build the machine.

CD with complete design (159 USD - including shipping):
A CD with detailed printer design, including all measures, detailed pictures, BOM, videos how to assemble, manual, one resin formula and tips.

This CD contains all detailed information for a hobbyist to build our printer. The person should have some mechanical and electronic skills to be able to build the machine.

Software + Complete CD (399 USD - including shipping):
The CD above + full license of our software (features of the software will be in the FAQ)
Software price after Indiegogo: (549 USD)

Basic Kit I (Software + Controler board + Complete CD) (599 USD - shipping not included):
All items above + 1 controller board (able to control the entire printer).
(This basic kit does not include motors or linear guides or projector)
Price After Indiegogo: (849 USD)

Basic Kit II (Basic Kit I + few mechanical parts) (1999 USD - shipping not included):
This kit will have the Basic Kit I + the following parts:
1) All necessary motors for the printer
2) The linear actuators
3) Power supply for the controller board and motors
4) Building tray
5) Building head (area that the object is build)
With this kit you will have almost everything you need to speed up the process of building our printer.
(This basic kit does not include projector, machine main structure, as well some mechanical parts)
Price After Indiegogo: (2699 USD)

Full Kit (everything you need + 1KG of resin!!) - (3999 USD - shipping not included):
This kit will include everything, from projector to bolts and nuts. You will need just few hours to assemble and run you new 3D Printer. This kit also comes with 1KG of resin, which is enough to print a lot!!!
Price After Indiegogo: (to be defined)
Unfortunately we will be able to deliver only 250 full kits this year for this Indiegogo campaign, because of production limitation and we will probably just take new orders next year once we deliver all Indiegogo perks.

Additionally the campaign will last just for 2 months and the order will follow the purchase order at Indiegogo.

I am sure you will have great time with this machine as much we have been working on it.



BTW, this is not 1st April joke... :-)



Cheers,