cheers :-)
Any idea on the final retail price and where it'll ship from ?
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cheers :-)
Any idea on the final retail price and where it'll ship from ?
Heated bed for $300 ?
Sadly, it has no heated bed planned. And it would be more complicated than just tossing one onto the platform to add one.
It'll be under $300, It will almost certainly be $250 like the non-early-bird price (though it probably won't come with the free filament like the IGG pledge rewards do).
As for updates, the last one was before CES, with a preview render of their CES booth setup, there wasn't a regular update email however. I would assume that they were pretty busy at CES though, so I'll forgive it. :p
Allright, so it has been quiet the past few weeks, though that doesn't mean the team hasn't been busy. I had been looking forward to their report back from CES and it was worth the wait.The booth looks kinda sparse, but I suppose it's sparse in a good way. The update also contained fan-photos (which were tweeted with the #MODtSelfie tag), and they were pretty good, it looks like the place was packed with people. (I felt bad enough about copying over three of the official photos from the update, putting all the selfies in would have streched the page out.)Quote:
Originally Posted by New Matter
And congrats on the Innovation Award, (and just as importantly, all the good press,) it was well earned.
great - just need to get a uk distributor, otherwise it'll cost more than the flashforges, by the time the bastards at inland ravenue have charged you £10 for the privilege of paying 20% tax. And postage from the states is criminal.
dunno - tax in the states seems to depend very much on the state you live in.
The really weird thing I find is that vat isn't added to an item untill you get to the checkout. So you have no idea what something will actualy cost based on it's price tag.
You dollar stores - aren't.
In canada they claim this is for the indians, who don't pay tax.
Surely it would make more sense to add tax to the price of everything and then just discount for the indians at the checkout.
Wow, sorry I missed last weeks update, though there's not a whole lot of technical stuff in it, now it's a bit eclipsed by one of the beta tester prints that just got reported on. (pretty darn cool light switch cover, I must say.)
So hey, that CES furniture is getting put to good use. I consistently get the impression that these guys just have a habit of saving money and avoid spending on trivial stuff, which I like.Quote:
Originally Posted by New Matter
Okay, so this was a pretty huge update, and I'm going to apologize in advance for all the huge pictures, but they're worth it for the nice close look at print results.
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/71bf71...ea800bf22b.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by New Matter
First up is a light switch plate, which gives some good example of top layer resolution. It has a few blemishes on the ribs, but overall not bad.
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/71bf71...7d63b0e7d8.jpg
Next a can holder, showing some pretty good quality on the thread and texture. Looks about as good as anything I've seen come off my friend's Makerbot.
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/71bf71...d9b10e040b.jpg
Of course, the can holder also has a lid, and the quality on that is pretty good as well. It looks like they used a pretty light infill, which shows through the top layer just a little bit.
Frankly, I've never been a great judge of print quality through photos, but if these are really the results one can consistently get out of the MOD-t, then I'll be quite happy with it.
Oh, hey, also they're hiring (I haven't looked at the positions myself, as they're kind of on the other side of the country from me, and probably need a different field of expertise than I could provide.)
This looks spectacular - wow!
What are their plans for releasing to the public after the Indiegogo campaign is completed? I'd be very interested in picking one of these up!