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07-12-2014, 11:36 AM #11
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Maybe they learned from their first one. Their extruder was a terrible product. You had to replace a third of the parts (new pulley, plus spring lever tensioner system) to get something that's reasonably workable. And their instructions for wiring the resistor heater (the default heater unless you paid for the cartridge upgrade) were simply nonexistent, so hooking that up is left to guesswork and looking to other systems. The resistors they provided were also not good. One tried to bake its insulator into my heater block, another had an uninsulated bump on the surface that tried to short to the heater block.
3D printers can be a hassle in a box, most of the crowdfunded ones weren't any good. Most crowdfunded projects are late, taking twice as long as projected.Last edited by JRDM; 07-12-2014 at 03:37 PM.
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07-12-2014, 02:44 PM #12
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It looks like Mota cancelled that Kickstarter appeal. http://www.inside3dp.com/surprising-...rter-campaign/ Evidently they finally realized that they couldn't make any money selling them at that price, and could end up losing a bunch. But that's better than taking everyone's money and then failing to produce the goods, which is a risk any Kickstarter backer has to take into account.
Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com
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07-12-2014, 07:25 PM #13
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Stereolithography in the description was a sign that something was fishy. A lot of campaigns get dropped after they were called out. Glad this one ended before any money exchanged hands.
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