Greetings all!

I wanted to get out an update before Maker Faire--we are on our way!  We will be unavailable until Monday, so thank you in advance for your patience in email responses.

Watch the video for the latest on shipping, Maker Faire, questions, and a reveal of the latest addition to the Printrbot family!

(side note from margie--i just wanted to send a special shout out to all the encouraging backers!  your kind words are MUCH appreciated.  thanks for hanging in there with us.)

Happy Printing-
Brook

Greetings again to our faithful (and patient!) backers!

Watch the video for the latest news and info on a number of subjects...and this one is a little shorter than the last one!

Here is a link to the new instructions page on printrbot.com:

http://printrbot.com/instructions/

(we will continue to add more instructions/links to this page--especially build videos for the LC and the PLUS!)

Dropcam of Printbot HQ  on 24/6 not Sundays

My wife mentioned that this kickstarter feels much like a marathon...and we're in those last 6 miles...definitely the toughest part--but ALMOST there!

Thanks for all your support!
Brook & team

Brook is back.  Its been toooooo long, the highlights are below...

https://vimeo.com/40433023  (24 minutes - grab the popcorn!)

Watch the video above for details and to see Brook droning on about his bots, shipping, Paypal woes, and the School giveaways. Love to the Backers!

IN THE VIDEO:
-- Shipping dozens daily... shooting for 100's
--You will receive an email with your tracking number.  Its all shipping out in the order they were received.
-- Hotends and Printrboard electronics can ship immediately (doesn't interfere w/Kickstarter rewards)
-- Address changes are DONE. Seriously, folks.
-- Power supplies for the PLUS now come with a helpful "Y" cable
-- Hot ends, hobbled bolts, and cables arriving daily for shipping
-- Paypal froze my money - we are shipping a few store orders out to satisfy Paypal requests.
--School Giveaway - send video links to info@printrbot.com (with shipping address).  We will choose randomly and send the prizes out.  We are stoked to get these out!

NOT IN THE VIDEO:
-- If you are one of the few who hasn't sent their address - send it on asap.
-- Don't expect a response to email (and especially winey comments) if it is not critical to SHIPPING PRODUCT.  I am deaf to anything but the essential (and incredibly fun).
-- If you are an awesome person who a) defends me to naysayers, b) answers even the most repeated questions politely from fellow community members, c) spreads the printrbot love, or d) all of the above.... we love you. We want to marry you. 
-- We should have filament in the store at Printrbot.com soon (and yes, everyone who gets a kit gets 1 lb.  of filament)
-- Printrbot (original) files soon to be updated this week - Now with end stop Mounts!
-- Super legit exploded view assembly drawing are in the pipe! Care of a talented backer.  Man, I love this community.

LINKS:
-- Software links for Mac Fan-Boys like me
-- Printrbot: Getting started guide - web or PDF

Happy Printing,
Brook

Greetings to all our patient and faithful backers!

First let me say a special thanks for all the positive and encouraging comments, emails, and tweets!  To move from the goal of 50 kits to 1400 is no small task. We are so very grateful for your support and we are working hard to get the rewards shipped and into your hands!

The quick update is this: 

• Pride Industries is doing all of our cabling.  They were waiting on the correct crimping tool, which took longer than expected to receive, but they do have it now and they are in production.  We will begin receiving installments of the finished cables and motors ready to plug into the board as early as the end of this week.

• The firmware is now being installed onto the printrboards which we've been receiving at a steady pace.

• The hobbed bolts will also begin being delivered this week.

• The rep rappers kits should be shipping out in less than a week, and the rest of the kits will follow in waves. OUR GOAL is to have the last kit (of all 1400!) shipped before the end of April.

I also wanted to mention that we have a huge team for the shipping, a local company called Tech Events, who deal with Fortune 500 companies such as HP.  With the sheer volume we faced with the kickstarter, we wanted to call in the pros for the shipping, and let us stick to running the bot farm, the laser cutter, and all the rest.

One last note--yes, the online store is open, but our first commitment is still to you, our backers! 

(We are only open to the US right now.)

Thanks again for your support of printrbot!

Happy Printing-

Brook

PS: PLEASE write us only through email--NOT the kickstarter mail. 

Use info@printrbot.com and store@printrbot.com

http://printrbot.com - our store is now open. Go get it. And, yes, we are shipping all your rewards FIRST.  If you order something now, it will NOT be shipped in your Kickstarter shipment box. All orders will ship separately.

We will be adding more products and features to the store (like international shipping) very soon.  First things first.

The site was slammed earlier, but we easily recovered since we built everything in the cloud and anticipated the need to turn up the volume on RAM, bandwidth, etc.  As a web guy - I love this new "volume" knob ;)

Again, we are so grateful for your patience and just hanging in there with us as we get this massive kickstarter finished up and launch the business.

You guys are awesome.

regards,
Brook