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Pints of interest.
Sad.
I’d jump in as well, it’s a good price and a great looking product, but with it not coming out until mid-2015 there will be newer things hitting store shelves that are just as solid before they even reach production with their extended timeline.
Not great looking at all. Don’t fall for the hype. Build volume is tiny to the point of being useless, some of their claims don’t match with reality, most of the photos are renders, this is vaporware of the first degree. You are not missing out on anything.
@Shachar_Weis I disagree. For someone just wanting to get their feet wet before jumping into a bigger and more expansive endeavor, the build volume is just fine. And just because they’re using renders doesn’t make it a vapor product (it’s not software, it CAN’T be vaporware by very definition)
I surely don’t understand the huge amount of animosity toward kickstarter/indiegogo projects in this community lately. That’s the whole POINT of Kickstarter. To take an idea from idea…to actual product. But most people here seem to just see it as some sort of glorified preorder platform. Kickstarter was supposed to be about risk. It was supposed to be about possibly not ever seeing a product land in your lap, but supporting the people that were trying to make a product because you thought their plans looked alright.
Made in the USA. Auto-leveling. Auto-calibrating. Software designed for touch screens. PLA/ABS/nylon/other.
Considering that, if they are not sued by those who I will not name and the project is open source or at least partially open source, it may benefit the rest of the 3D printing community.
What the? It prints on an ABS based print bed? I wonder how that will turn out.
I think they need to just do one thing…get some side and back panels. I have not seen it work, so I can’t be sure, but it would seem like a good idea that would be easy to implement.
Oh, the taxes! 33%+!! Take it from a guy who has paid over $300k in taxes on an $831000 kickstarter.
Congratulations, guys. Now go kill it and start a great company!!
Brook
@Brook_Drumm ouch!
Brook, which kickstarter?
Printrbot
@Brook_Drumm , that’s because Printrbot kickstarter ended when it did. Apparently you can get “around” the massive tax by spending the money before end of year.
@Brook_Drumm US taxes? If so, thanks for the financial support for the country. Now if only the politicians did not waste the money…
@Brook_Drumm What? Why would you pay 40% tax? Taxes are on net profit, not gross revenues…
Edit - I see the KS ended in late 2011. Why not set up your tax year appropriately? Or conversely, you would have had a huge loss in 2012 that would have offset things…
@Tim_Elmore if it’s earned but not spent in the same tax year, it’s profit, even if it’s not profit.
Of course, but then 2012 would have a corresponding loss that could be carried forward. It works out in the end, more or less… or like I said, the tax year could have been set up differently.
My goal was $25k. No clue it would go so big. Live and learn. The good news is we kickstarter a viable business and are still here today!