Hi Geoff, this is Jeff, project manager for Project PAM.

The goal of the project is to have a well designed and thoroughly documented printer. We're not in the business of selling printers, and currently have no intention to be. We're attempting to put together a design and document it as thoroughly as possible. This could then be a solid basis for the community to expand upon. The intention of the crowd funding is to allow us to test a prototype of this design and iterate the design as much as possible.