KS Project Update #27: The 2nd Tier Beta Kits Are on the Way!

Project Update #27: The 2nd Tier Beta Kits Are on the Way! Posted by Rinnovated Design ♥ Like

Hey Backers! Great news - We’ve shipped to the second tier of beta testers! Unfortunately we did have some delays… We’ve recently ran into major communication issues with the coil supplier that we lined up. This left us in the situation of having to wind our own coils. As you can imagine, that is quite a time consuming task! Thankfully Rylan and a few of the folks here at Techworks whipped up a fancy coil winding machine to speed the process up! https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/pr...JPG?1398474259Winder - Our coil winding machine We are really excited for the second tier beta’s to get their kits. The first tier was a small number of backers, so now with a larger group we should see much more beta testing action! We’ve already had many great ideas come out of the community and we expect that to increase as we get the kits in the hands of more people. https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/pr...jpg?1398469099Erik holding all of the kits - Packed and ready to go! We’ll be working hard to get the third and final shipment of beta kits out as soon as possible. At this point, we’ve still been unable to make contact with our coil supplier and while we’ve started talking to other suppliers, we feel delaying any longer is not an option. That being said, we’ll be manning our coil winder steadily until we’ve made enough for the final beta kits. We couldn’t be more thankful for your patience and support! Until next time, The Peachy Printer Team.

Awesome to hear! :)

Did 2nd tier beta backers got any notification ?

Is there a tracking number or anything?

Alright! Time for the beta testers to come out and play.

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Originally Posted by ser10gonzalez

Is there a tracking number or anything?

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Yes, but you'll have it later, in an email with a lot of informations :)

I got an email from The Peachy Printer Team with the subject Your Peachy Printer is on it's Way!

included in the email is a list of an incredible amount of resources for building the Peachy Printer and obtaining help with troubleshooting the build

I'll be reading through the assembly instructions and then watching the assembly video tomorrow in preparation to make sure of what tooling I will need, and how suitable the tooling I have already is.

can hardly wait,
Bobby

Hooray! I also cannot wait, the more hands the better!

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Originally Posted by perfessor101

I got an email from The Peachy Printer Team with the subject Your Peachy Printer is on it's Way!

included in the email is a list of an incredible amount of resources for building the Peachy Printer and obtaining help with troubleshooting the build

I'll be reading through the assembly instructions and then watching the assembly video tomorrow in preparation to make sure of what tooling I will need, and how suitable the tooling I have already is.

can hardly wait,
Bobby

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Any one else received that mail?

I did but it didnt give me a tracking number.

My PP29 beta kit arrived Tuesday afternoon in Vancouver, BC, Canada

picked up some extra tools Wednesday morning

opened the kit today

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building up the courage now ...

If I have not received that mail yet, that means that I am not in the second tier?

They've stepped up their game with their packaging from the first beta, that much is clear from the start.

Also, from what I understand, no more duct tape needed in the making of the build enclosure. You'll have to fill us in on any other neat things they've done between P28 and P29.

No more duct tape, it's all "snap-in" !

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Originally Posted by ser10gonzalez

If I have not received that mail yet, that means that I am not in the second tier?

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If you have received the email i suspect its still in the post

^^^^ This. I second this suspicion.

perfessor101 how is your build going?

Rob

I received my kit on Friday and I'm excited to get started.
However, no instructions! I can't get to the beta forum to download instructions. (I assume they are posted there.) I registered on the forum last week and sent my username to the "info@peachyprinter.com" address to have my account activated but no response.
So I'm sitting here looking at a box of parts and can't do anything!!
Also, I don't have any resin so I guess I'll need to order it separately.
Hope there is some response on Monday.

It took me longer than I want to admit ...
then again I needed new glasses about two years ago
and sleep ... sleep that helps my eyes focus ;-)

as most are saying the mirror assemblies are where we start learning how to put the peachy together

section 3 ... step 3
pointy tweezers definitely help ...
I tried with needle nose pliers ... the 90 degree flap on the acetate arrows are incredibly slippery

and I never found those animations ...
I didn't start hearing about them until after I was done

I finished steps 1 through 12 ... so the main assembly is "complete"
was waiting for them to post the template for the new stand design

then on to the dripper system

I'm trying to decide if I want to drip some solder onto where the short wire and the coil wire meet for better contact
but I'll leave that until I know if things are working and whether it's needed
be very gentle with the coil wires ... they are quite delicate

Arg, mspohr, I wish I had seen this yesterday. Look to the bottom of the email regarding your package from the Peachy team, the one that informed you that a package was coming. In the same email there is a link to the build instructions, which was also posted in this subforum, and was emailed to you in Kickstarter update #26. And just to make it easy for you: http://instructions.peachyprinter.com/