Snapmaker Raises More than $1 Million on Kickstarter

[curious aardvark]

look almost like a copy of the Trinus. Which is currently still trading - wahey !
They've definitely 'borrowed' the modular build technology.
Both use exactly the same modular rails, both have laser and cnc heads. The trinus has 4 rails versus the 3 of the snapmaker.
But apart from that, very very similiar lol

But why do these companies keep producing great bits of engineering and then give them a really small build volume ?
It's a 125 mm cube.
Given the design, all they need to do is make the build plate bigger and the rail modules longer.

The cnc module - essentially a printer mounted rotary tool - is pretty cool.

I believe the tiko still has the most and fastest money record for crowdfunded 3d printers.
And they just went under. Never let an engineer run a company :-(
Put an accountant in charge :-)

Clare - How about an article on crowdfunded printer companies that have made it, versus the number that went under, taking the money.

You pretty much just hear about the failures, It would be interesting to find out the actual proportion of success versus failure of crowdfunded machines in the 3d printing industry.

Oh and the link to the article doesn't work.

So you've backed this one have you ralph ?