Cobblebot 3D Printer

[Feign]

>August: finish design, make injection molds, lease production space
>September: start of part production

It's like listening to a kid go on about how he's going to be an astronaut and knowing that you just can't explain to him that he's going to be too tall to fit in the space shuttle by his genetics...

[JRDM]

I like the design, at least, moving beds have generally annoyed me. I understand why it's done, but still.

>August: finish design, make injection molds, lease production space
>September: start of part production

Oops!

When I got mold quotes, they generally said 3 months before it can make parts. One month is highly optimistic.

A machine of that size should be an exoskeleton, in my opinion. I don't think a consumer machine that size is going to be very fun for the user while they figure out warping on 12+" parts in an open design and without a heated bed. I do see a heated bed and enclosure are stretch goals.

The idea of a 6" 128 x 64 graphical LCD is comical. Even at 3", they're crude by modern standards. If the machine is Arduino-based, it's also going to be clunky. I much prefer the smaller text-only LCD for these machines, they're a lot more responsive.