New on Kickstarter: They promises World’s Fastest 3D Printer
Price tag $2499.00 and patent pending extruder . I Am out .
I don’t why when these ppl do projects they mention that they have patent pending . patents only helps the owner not me the customer so why then market it .
I posted about how extraordinarily average this pile of junk is on the @3ders.org post. If there’s a kickstarter you should avoid, it’s this one.
@Marvin_Stuart , also it’s $3,499! The “$1000 off” is a kickstarter special. They plan on retailing these machines for way more than they’re worth.
@ThantiK oh interesting. Can you send me a link?
@Jonathan_Haberle it says right there in their “rewards” section.
"Pledge $2,499 or more
Get the Readybox 3D Printer for a full $1000 off the production cost! "
They do smile a lot. That’s nice.
Faster speeds, lower quality prints 
Saw some Z banding on some of the sample prints showed on the video.
They promise World’s Fastest 3D printer
Of course they do =)
Anyone who claims “world’s fastest” is a pass. Accuracy is a bigger issue than speed.
Also, no kickstarter should ever sell a product below costs (makibox anyone), so the $1,000 off is pure garbage.
I could stick a 3d printing pen to a rocket and call it the worlds fastest.
They literally only had to sell five machines to reach their funding goal. Also their print quality looks terrible.
Each of their parents bought one and one of their uncle got the fifth super early bird special of $2499. Now they need to rent a shop to build 5 printers because no one else is going to throw $2799 at this thing and wait until March.
Turns out they use a 0.6mm nozzle. No freakin’ wonder it’s “uncloggable” and “the fastest”…and the 3mm filament they use, suddenly makes it a “high pressure” hot end. What a load.
@Evan_Nguyen I’m not sure if joking or…
Ha. Maybe I’m missing something, but if they’re just using a smoothie board and all other components (except their “patent-pending extruder”) are standard parts, then wouldn’t their machine only be as fast as other printers with Smoothie boards?
I’ve seen worse projects on Kickstarter, but the main reason I’d never consider backing it is because these guys are college students without the faintest idea of what is and will be required - from a practical business perspective - for this project.
I’m fully aware. I was a smoothie backer. But of that’s all they have, then at best, they aren’t THE fastest, just one of the fastest.
This uses that newer “Create it Real” accelerated 3d printer board. I would trust it more. 450mm/s 0.4 nozzle.
sigh… Try to push 17"/second of PLA through a hot end with a 25w or 40w heater. Let us know your results.
For what it’s worth Brett Potter (CEO of this company) is an acquaintance of mine. We are both members of the “startup shell”, university of Maryland’s startup business incubator. I don’t know a huge amount about 3D printing, but I do know that Brett has spent everyday for the past several years in our prototyping lab working on this project. It’s easy to sit behind a keyboard and diminish someone else’s hard work. Rather than tearing down someone who is trying to innovate, why don’t we spend our time encouraging progress in a technology that we all love?
@Zach_Hipps sure, progress is great, and if this ceo came into this group and asked for help we’d probably give fairly realistic advice. We’re not really trying to tear this person down, we don’t really know the guy. This is completely based on the project and what’s being presented. We’ve heard phrases like “world’s fastest printer” so many times it’d make your head spin. If you’re seeking advice in a group, you get help. If you start a Kickstarter, then you put yourself in the position to be criticized.
Instead of reading these comments as tearing someone down, treat them as suggestions. We’re pointing out flaws we see, the red flags, things that make us uncomfortable. In this case, I think a major concern is that speed was chosen over the quality of the print. This printer, choosing between cheap, fast, and good chose only one.
And finally, on a note that’s very personal to me. We do not help those who are trying to patent and lock down this technology that we love. Why should we encourage progress if they’re just trying to show it down?