Project Update #24: Progress Update - Where we're at with shipping

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Hey Backers,

The whole team has been working really hard on getting the kits ready for the 1st tier of Beta Tester shipments (see update #20 to read about our tiered shipping plan). We just wanted to let you know where we’re at with completing that goal!
Here’s what we’ve accomplished:
- All Beta kits for the first tier have been produced, packaged, and are ready to be shipped.
- We’ve fixed some major bugs and finished a new version of the software. Note: Although the printer hardware is beta, the software is still alpha. We expect that to change with a re-write during the beta testing process.
- The software has been posted to our server for downloading.
- We’ve written installation, circuit tuning, calibration, and first print instructions.
- The build instructions have been updated to the most current hardware revision (an update is in the works).
- We’ve written a letter to the Beta Testers that will be shipped with all kits.
- The forum has been prepared for use (structuring, sub forums, and threads, have been set up).
- We’ve setup our Fedex shipping database.
- All the circuits for the first tier have been tested to ensure no one is shipped a faulty circuit (we had to populate these ones by hand as our circuit order for the Beta Kits has yet to arrive).
As this is being written, we’re working still on:
- Testing and refining the calibration and first print instructions.
- Moving new content from our instructions doc to the official instructions web page.
Here’s what we’ve yet to do:
- Print shipping labels.
- Actually put the Beta Kits in the mail.
- Notify each early beta tester that their kit has been shipped.
The 1st tier of Beta Kits all packed up and ready to go out.
As you can see, we are extremely close to sending the first kits on their way! Once we’ve finished testing and refining the last bit of our instructions, and moved them into the official instructions web page, we will take care of the final 3 steps and the first printers will have shipped!
We realize that we are behind on the estimate we gave two weeks ago, and we apologize for that. We can assure you of is that we are working non stop to get these kits in the mail!
Thanks,
The Peachy Printer Team.