And the winner in the 3D printing race to the bottom is - CobbleBot. 

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And the winner in the 3D printing race to the bottom is - CobbleBot. So this is the latest in a series of “how low can we go” 3D printers crowd funding on Kick$tarter.

Not a lot of details as of yet, and the only principal who’s exposed himself is a lawyer in Houston, Jeremiah Clifft - I guess if they go bankrupt selling cheap printers he’ll be able to handle the case! :slight_smile:

As an aside, they managed to raise $150k with a 41 second video of Mr Clifft saying “you need a big printer”. Goes to show 3D printing is not a hard sell on Kick$tarter these days.

So far, they have shown pictures of their CobbleBot prototype printing with an E3D Hotend, a RepRapDiscount Hex hotend, and a RepRepDiscount gLCD. They have mentioned RAMPS, and the gLCD output looks a lot like Marlin. It also appears that they are cloning - or have found a really cheap source - for Mark Carew’s OpenRail and wheels

There’s not a lot really innovative about the project IMHO, but they are using an interesting cantilevered Y ala PrintrBot to avoid a moving bed. Be interesting to see that moving at their top speed of 250mm/s! :slight_smile:

In any event, assuming they actually deliver a box with all the parts in it that make up the printer, it would be about costs for the lowest Chinese parts I’ve seen.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cobblebot/cobblebot-3d-printer

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I’m in Houston for the summer… Wonder if I could stop by.

@Anderson_Ta you down?

I normally love to hate on kickstarter printers, but the linear rails have me thinking this might actually be nice. Cantilevered axes are pretty hit or miss though…

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@Nick_Parker Yeah, and at 15 inches, it’s not a trivial exercise to make it stable. Every time one of these kicks off, I’m amazed at the number of people willing to back anything with “3D” in the title… He’s doing something special, though, as I can’t make the parts math add up for less that $300! :stuck_out_tongue:

I’d love to know where he’s sourcing the OpenRail and wheels.

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For 300$ its almost worth it to buy that thing just to have all the parts to “cobble” into a functional printer.

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They make their money by selling the tshirts :slight_smile: