3D printer

daroon

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Dec 2, 2011, 3:31:40 PM12/2/11

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If you haven't seen this yet you might want to check out
Printrbot.com. They are a start-up with plans to market a 3D printer
for $499. There's a link on their homepage to their project page on
kickstarter.com. They needed to get $25,000 in donations and order
commitments to make the project go and they reached 100% funding in 46
hours. Right now they're approaching $300K with no slowdown in orders.
They hope to start shipping in February. I've got one on order and I
can't wait to see what I can do with it.

Dale

jesse ransom

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Dec 25, 2011, 8:43:09 AM12/25/11

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hello anchorage hackerspace. have you guys come up with a good name
for yourselves yet? Im willing to help you guys in anyway I can. p.s
the resistors burn up every 200 hours or so on the makerbots so be
ready. Im jesse a member from Sector67 and I have family in anchorage
and Im trying to get him into the Idea of hackerspaces. well if you
have a question feel free to ask. you can also text me at 6082170717.
merry Christmas and I wish you guys the best to get a hackerspace up
and running. jese

daroon

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Dec 31, 2011, 10:59:56 AM12/31/11

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Hi Jesse,

The group hasn't been very active this past year. I'm hoping that 2012
will be the year it does.

Dale

daroon

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Dec 31, 2011, 11:27:14 AM12/31/11

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It appears there's a huge demand for affordable 3D printers as supporters of the Printrbot project committed over $830,000.00 to making it happen. I'm expecting to receive one of the printers in March. If anyone is experienced with 3D modeling software, I'd trade some print time for lessons. I downloaded the free version of Google Sketchup for now.

http://printrbot.com/

daroon

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