Update #22
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.
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Pledge $1 or more
124 backers
You'll receive our sincere gratitude and your name proudly displayed on the Printrbot.com website "Supporters" page.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2011Pledge $5 or more
64 backers
You'll receive a personalized Printrbot thank you card and your name proudly displayed on the Printrbot.com website "Supporters" page.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2011Pledge $10 or more
113 backers
A 3D printed Curvy Coin-Op Bottle opener. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10238 Shipping included.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2012Pledge $25 or more
44 backers
A 3D printed Printrbot logo keychain AND a Curvy Coin-Op Bottle opener. Shipping included.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2012Pledge $75 or more
26 backers
Full set of printed parts to build a Printrbot - just add hardware. Shipping within the USA. International shipping is extra.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2012Pledge $89 or more
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INTERNATIONAL REWARD FOR $75 + $14 (shipping) = $89 Full set of printed parts to build a Printrbot - just add hardware. THIS reward is for International backers! Thank you!
Estimated delivery: Jan 2012Pledge $199 or more
15 backers
Bare Bones Kit: Printed parts, bearings, rods, belts, bolts, nuts, including an assembled extruder. (no motors, electronics, or hotend). Shipping within the USA. International shipping is extra.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2012Pledge $231 or more
3 backers
INTERNATIONAL REWARD FOR $199 + $32 (shipping) = $231 Bare Bones Kit: Printed parts, bearings, rods, belts, bolts, nuts, including an assembled extruder. (no motors, electronics, or hot end). THIS reward is for International backers only! Thank you!
Estimated delivery: Jan 2012Pledge $424 or more
7 backers
(Upon Request) The RepRappers Kit. All the contents of a $499 full kit, but without the printed plastic parts (a $75 value) - I presume you will make your own. Shipping within the USA. International shipping is extra.
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $469 or more
4 backers
INTERNATIONAL REWARD FOR $424 + $45 (shipping) = $469 All the contents of a $499 full kit, but without the printed plastic parts (a $75 value). THIS reward is for International backers only! Thank you!
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $499 or more
309 backers
Full Printrbot Kit. Everything you need in one box to assemble a Printrbot and start 3D printing. Shipping within the USA. International shipping is extra.
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $499 or more
175 backers
Full LASERCUT Printrbot Kit. Everything you need in one box to assemble a Printrbot Lasercut ("LC") and start 3D printing. Shipping only within the USA. International backers, see below.
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $544 or more
148 backers
INTERNATIONAL REWARD FOR $499 + $45 (shipping) = $544 Full Printrbot Kit. Everything you need in one box to assemble a Printrbot and start 3D printing. THIS reward is for International backers only! Thank you!
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $544 or more
105 backers
INTERNATIONAL PRINTRBOT LASERCUT -- REWARD FOR $499 + $45 (shipping) = $544 Full Lasercut Printrbot Kit. Everything you need in one box to assemble a Printrbot Lasercut ("LC") and start 3D printing. THIS reward is for International backers only! Thank you!
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $649 or more
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NEW!! Printrbot+ Larger 8"x8"x8" build volume, laser cut birch construction, all-in-one kit. This is my response to backer requests for upgrades. Enjoy!
Estimated delivery: Mar 2012Pledge $694 or more
227 backers
NEW!! INTERNATIONAL REWARD FOR $649 + $45 (shipping) = $694 for the FULL Printrbot+ (Plus) Kit. Larger 8"x8"x8" build volume, laser cut birch construction, all-in-one kit. This is my response to backer requests for upgrades. Enjoy! THIS reward is for International backers only! Thank you!
Estimated delivery: Mar 2012Pledge $750 or more
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Fully assembled and calibrated Printrbot. Shipping within the USA. International shipping is extra.
Estimated delivery: Feb 2012Pledge $999 or more
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Fully assembled and calibrated Printrbot in a Birch lasercut enclosure box - hand painted by an award winning hotrod painter. Use it with or without the box. Shipping within the USA. International shipping is extra.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2012
Comments
Creator Carlos Arana Matus on April 15, 2012
*PrintrBot lol
Creator Carlos Arana Matus on April 15, 2012
Wow I backed both the Filabot and the Makerbot and I hope they will make a great combo! Also I hope they arrive soon and without problems to my Mexico Lindo y Querido :)
Creator Rolf-Dieter Klein on April 15, 2012
@Tyler Yes agree fully, I think Brook is really overloaded a little bit with this sucess and we need some patience - and I think most understand the situation. Maybe Brook is not that communicative guy as some others buts thats ok.
@Tyler you did a great job with the filament bot, sorry I missed the project, want to get one when you are ready - mayby many here like to have one and missed the project (I cannot write in your thread and my email was not answered) I see that you are much more responsive in your thread than Brook here but as said thats ok.
Creator Tyler McNaney on April 14, 2012
Awesome Brook, keep up the good work!
As for anyone posting all these mean, pressuring, rude comments, please stop. The 3D printing community is not a place for this. It takes time to develop projects, and reach goals.......Rome was not built in a day.
Creator Justin Davies on April 14, 2012
any new updates??
Creator Oliver Brupbacher on April 13, 2012
Hey! luck those who can wait ;-) i can't, i got a million ideas of what i want the printer to print and i keep counting every day!, Broooook! make me a happy printer owner :-)
Creator Steve Hutchins on April 12, 2012
Hey!
Can we get a new update soon..? I am most curious about if the end of April deadline for kits shipping is still realistic or not. I can wait, but if things are slipping I'd like to know sooner than later. :)
Creator Jamie on April 4, 2012
@Graham: A few people have asked about the glass and from what I've seen there has been no official info about dimensions or the size of glass that would be needed. This link provides some general information http://reprap.org/wiki/Heated_Bed#Glass
Creator Graham Toal on April 4, 2012
Ah - I see you posted at the printrbot store site instead. Btw folks, if www.printrbot.com doesn't load, try just plain printrbot.com
Question: I just read this contradictory info at the store:
The kit includes all you need to build your own Printrbot LC.
(Glass for heated bed not included )
First I've heard about this. Do we have to go to a glass shop and get them to cut a custom piece of glass before we can use the bots that should be arriving this month? If so, what size, and is it any special kind of glass?
Creator Graham Toal on April 4, 2012
I see you won the Mercedes-Benz thing! Congrats on a successful campaign ;-) Time for an update, methinks? - let us see the schoolkids receiving their bot, and what they can do with it?
Creator Gavin Maxwell on April 2, 2012
@Jamie. That sux. :(
Creator Jamie on March 31, 2012
@Jay Yu: I know how you feel. I've given up on Brook, as he and his team have refused to acknowledge or resolve my funding issue.
Creator Jay Yu on March 30, 2012
"PS: PLEASE write us only through email--NOT the kickstarter mail. "
What's different? You guys never reply anyway.
Creator Nathan Crawford on March 26, 2012
Thanks for the update Brook! This is some excellent work you and your team have done. Really excited to see a Printrbot in action!
Creator calvinbean on March 23, 2012
It's awesome that Brook is using Pride Industries as a cabling subcontractor!
Creator Todd Lampone on March 23, 2012
@ Brett: I'm sure you are joking but if anything I think he looks much more pale than when he started. I can imagine the anxiety, stress, and excitement of all this getting to him.
Creator Entity325 on March 22, 2012
If anything, he looks more pale in this video than before.
Hey, maybe he's on vacation in Siberia!
(that could be fun, actually. Hey Brook, can I come to Siberia to pick up my PB+?)
Creator Andrew S on March 22, 2012
lol mexico
Creator Brett M on March 22, 2012
Hey! Doesn't he look a little more tanned? Someone needs to do a time lapse comparison of Brook's complexion and get to the bottom of this.
Creator Brett M on March 22, 2012
I think Brook is shooting these videos in Costa Rica!
Creator Alex on March 21, 2012
great to hear an updated estimate shipping date, thank you
Creator calvinbean on March 21, 2012
The only thing I have been scammed out of is going to be lots of hours of what would otherwise have been free time, starting at the end of April! :)
Creator Gavin Maxwell on March 21, 2012
Looking forward to showing mine off at my kids school!!!
Creator Paul Rachu on March 21, 2012
I am in no way saying Brook is scamming anyone and I think Lillian's initial comment that started it in this update was more of a joke than anything. But a reason for a scammer to hang around and lead them on would be to delay any kind of credit card charge backs until it is too late.
Creator John Vasquez on March 21, 2012
Thanks for the update, keep up the hard work and look forward to updates along the way...
Creator sgllama on March 21, 2012
If *all* the kits go out by end of April then the Printrbot+'s are pretty much on schedule (especially compared to the run of KS projects etc etc) :-)
Re the "scammer" comments: don't be daft, a real scammer would have just have bogged off as soon as the money was transferred - there would be absolutely no point in hanging around, making video updates, replying to comments etc!
Creator Brett M on March 21, 2012
Fantastic! thanks Brook for the update. sounds like things are moving along well. sorry for all the people that don't understand what Kickstarter is about and thought they were buying a product on here (and acting like it). it must be nuts for you, and really exciting as well. thanks for the hard work.
Creator James Floyd Kelly on March 21, 2012
He has a family... friends... people who know him and have met him personally. Plenty of videos online with him meeting with schools and DIYers. Agree with Joshua -- there's some really not-so-nice comments being posted lately. The fact he had to say "I'm not in Mexico" tells you that Brook pays attention. I guess in a community of 1500+ folks, I shouldn't be surprised at anything...
Creator Paul Rachu on March 21, 2012
A scammer could just as easily lead you on like that. You can't actually prove anything until you get the product in your hands.
Creator Joshua A.C. Newman on March 21, 2012
Lillian, that's a really shameful thing to say to a guy who's making you something.
Creator Lillian Duggan on March 21, 2012
Finally I'll be able to prove to my friends that I haven't been scammed!
Creator Shaun on March 21, 2012
Great News... As it's getting embarrassing at the school pickup.
Waiting patiently in the UK
Creator Justin Davies on March 21, 2012
cant wait man, glad to hear its all coming together and that the waits almost over.
Creator Alex Moss on March 20, 2012
cool t-shirt
Creator Steven Sullivan on March 20, 2012
I think the delays are well worth the adjustments and improvements Brook has mentioned along the way. - S
Creator Glenn Lewis on March 20, 2012
Go Brook! You rock!
Creator Vέος llc on March 20, 2012
We may have moved, died, retired, or whatever. However, I for one am really excited and waiting patiently. Go Brook! Do what you can, don't do more.
Creator Ken Schmitt on March 20, 2012
Its been so long some of us have changed our addresses.