What are the pros and cons of your machine?

Hi Guys,

Since I created the blog I knew that a lot people would be working in similar project and many of them would create a printer or kit. I think this is great because our project has inspired some other people.

I also knew that the mechanical …

Hi Guys,

Since I created the blog I knew that a lot people would be working in similar project and many of them would create a printer or kit. I think this is great because our project has inspired some other people.

I also knew that the mechanical design in this machine will be something that a lot of people will copy, modify, improve…. That’s the reason we:

-    Focus a lot on software as we believe it can be used with any kit.
-    Will provide the mechanical design details once we reach the goal. We don’t expect that this will be private after the campaign as things will be mainly available on internet.

So, what are the pos and cons of our project?

Pos:
-    Software – we have the best software at affordable price, there is nothing similar in the market that can create the support and print. There are few open source slice STL, this is easy, the complex thing that no open source has is the ability to create the support automatically for the object. And none of open source software has a 3D graphical interface.

-    Controller board – our controller board control 100% of the printer, including VGA input for the projector and motors. Most of people working on similar kits are using the VGA output from the notebook to display the image. This means that you cannot do anything on your computer while you are printing because your monitor will be “busy” for the printer.

-    So, you just need one USB cable out of computer to control the machine

-    We have very few moving parts, which allow us to have very thin wall thickness, around 300 microns. This is very important if you want to print small objects and hollow ones.

-    We are using reliable linear actuator which provides better precision on Z axis.

Cons:

-    We are not a open source kit (electronics and software)

Regards,

Jr

What are the pros and cons of your machine?

Hi Guys,Since I created the blog I knew that a lot people would be working in similar project and many of them would create a printer or kit. I think this is great because our project has inspired some other people.I also knew that the mechanical desig…

Hi Guys,

Since I created the blog I knew that a lot people would be working in similar project and many of them would create a printer or kit. I think this is great because our project has inspired some other people.

I also knew that the mechanical design in this machine will be something that a lot of people will copy, modify, improve…. That’s the reason we:

-    Focus a lot on software as we believe it can be used with any kit.
-    Will provide the mechanical design details once we reach the goal. We don’t expect that this will be private after the campaign as things will be mainly available on internet.

So, what are the pos and cons of our project?

Pos:
-    Software – we have the best software at affordable price, there is nothing similar in the market that can create the support and print. There are few open source slice STL, this is easy, the complex thing that no open source has is the ability to create the support automatically for the object. And none of open source software has a 3D graphical interface.

-    Controller board – our controller board control 100% of the printer, including VGA input for the projector and motors. Most of people working on similar kits are using the VGA output from the notebook to display the image. This means that you cannot do anything on your computer while you are printing because your monitor will be “busy” for the printer.

-    So, you just need one USB cable out of computer to control the machine

-    We have very few moving parts, which allow us to have very thin wall thickness, around 300 microns. This is very important if you want to print small objects and hollow ones.

-    We are using reliable linear actuator which provides better precision on Z axis.

Cons:

-    We are not a open source kit (electronics and software)

Regards,

Jr

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 negative comments in dif…

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/veloso3dprinterThank 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