As part of the current RRRF transformation, I’m happy to officially announce what has been long-standing RRRF tradition. We are now opening up our prototyping services to the community and spelling out exactly what things we can do (PCB fab, lasercutting, 3D printing, etc) and how you can go about using us to help [...]
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I’m happy to announce some big changes that are happening with the RepRap Research Foundation and my involvement with the RepRap project in general. For those of you that wish to skip the lengthy blog post on what is happening, I’ll spill the beans now: the RepRap Research Foundation is transitioning from a [...]
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I got back from vacation on Sunday. I had a fantastic time driving through the Pacific Northwest. Lots of gorgeous scenery. Anyway, I’m finally almost caught up with things. I only have about 19 / 50 orders left to ship and those are all just waiting on out of stock parts. [...]
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Good news!
Today is my last day at Vimeo. While I’m sad to leave such a fun and awesome company, I’m even more excited to be able to devote quite a bit more time to my true passion: building self-replicating 3D printers. It may not be obvious, but I’ve been extremely busy lately. [...]
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Opto Endstops
This is bad news with a bit of good/optimistic news. The bad news is that we’ve bought out all of the H21LOI chips from every North American supplier. Lead times from the manufacturer are about 34 weeks. The good news is that we managed to buy about a thousand opto isolators, [...]
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Hey Boss,
I’m going on vacation! I’m leaving NYC on Saturday, August 16th. I’m flying to Portland, Oregon with my wonderful girlfriend, Jen. We’re renting a convertible, and we’re driving down to San Francisco over the course of a week, camping and enjoying ourselves along the way. We fly back Saturday, August [...]
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I’m really really really excited to announce this new product. This one was directly conceived, funded, and produced here by the RRRF as a direct result of the kind souls who have supported us so far. To get to the meat, the Sanguino is a new microcontroller board inspired by the Arduino. [...]
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Magnetic Rotary Encoder v1.0
I’m proud to announce a new kit today that is the result of a couple of months of solid work. It is called the Magnetic Rotary Encoder, and it is awesome! When assembled, this board provides positioning feedback in multiple data formats. It uses a magnet, so there are [...]
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Whew! I finally managed to catch up on orders and assemble 100 more stepper motor driver kits. The end result is that there are now 25 complete reprap electronic kits available for sale. The biggest holdup was a 10 day wait to get new PCBs made, but I have 80 more [...]
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As the RRRF grows and matures from a crazy idea started in my tiny Brooklyn apartment, I’m gradually starting to apply better business practices. Previously, I had been setting prices by taking the costs, and adding a markup that ‘felt right’. Well, now ‘felt right’ has a number value: 30% for most [...]
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