Worth a Punt?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/101hero/101hero-the-world-first-us49-3d-printer
No no no no no. And I already feel compassion for the sad victims of this kickfailure. Peachy episode 2…
Its no longer $49, min now is $74
@foosel - I’m sorta tempted for shits and giggles, fully aware that I may not even see the £75 odd that would be pledged.
@Jeff_Dewe - even so… still cheap. Not so sure about those Steppers though…
@Ax_Smith-Laffin if you have money to burn, rather donate it to @Thomas_Sanladerer , you’ll get way more worth out of that than pledging for this POS
@foosel - already with him on Patreon. Frankly, looking at it a little further, I’m none too sure about those steppers. I think it’s interesting, but having looked over it a little more, I’m going to hold back. Asides, my cashflow just took a hit as I’ve realised that I missed some payments on some parts for another FB2020 kit.
@Ax_Smith-Laffin Or, donate it to @foosel . She’s in pretty much the same boat as @Thomas_Sanladerer .
I spent my gambling money long ago, before those two needed our support, on the Tiko printer. Tiko seems to be doing okay so far . It will be interesting to see how that gamble pays out.
@Carlton_Dodd - @foosel is also one one of my Patreon pledges 
I use Octoprint extensively across my print farm so, that was a must.
Is that a Delta with byj48 steppers?
@Francis_Lee , pretty much
Heh. I wish them luck. anyone who wants to inflict pain on themselves with those motors should just build the Cherry and call it a day.
Angus just did a video talking about this.
Yeah. It could be cool.
They call themselves geniouses in there marketing material, but go ahead and advertise that you can use ABS filament on a non heated bed, using a non enclosed printer. No way that is being capable of printing ABS
Angus(Makers Muse) has stated in other videos , you can do ABS on non heated bed but only very small prints.
It looks like it runs on 28BYJ-48 stepper motors which cost $1-2 on ebay, add on cheap electronics, etc. price viable for DIY but not as business model. $50 was just magnet.
The Tiko printer tried this same thing, with those same motors…anyone see a Tiko in the wild, ever?
@ThantiK Tiko is currently in final testing (of 100 test build units) before the last few major components are RTM’d for the big 16,000 backer fulfillment order. They look like they’re actually going to deliver working printers this year. (fingers crossed)
@Nathan_Walkner Go crawl back under your bridge, thanks