If there are no complaints about money allocation of pledges, I'll pledge this month's extra donation from me of $100 to go towards this project.
On 24 January 2013 11:22, Rylaan Gimby <[email protected]> wrote: > Pay the extra money and get something still supported. Maybe we could grab > the filament if it works with the model we get. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey, > > So, after one day of fundraising, we've raised $1000 for the 3d printer! > $350 more and we hit our original goal! For more info, check out he wiki > page I've been updating: > http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php?title=3d_printer > > That being said, Brian has a bit of a concern about the particular > printer we're looking at: we're paying $1000 for a used, 2-year-old and > unsupported model. If a non-printable part goes on it, we're gonna have > a bad time. > > For about $1500, we can get a printer that's still supported, and that > has a lot of really good reviews. I don't know any details, other than > what he told me at the gym, but I wanted to put this out there. > > My suggestion is that we look at at least 2 or 3 options - including the > used one that's been offered to us. If it's a matter of raising a couple > hundred more to get something that'll last us longer and be better in > the long run, I think it's worth shooting high. > > Feel free to discuss here, and I hope we can make a final decision in > Tuesday's meeting! Feel free to update the Wiki page with any other > options you see. > > Ron > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlEBZzwACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/Sa3ACfXlrLQfp8OLEA0GrSb1HDhGln > XboAoI6Hi9c2gu90AZzM4IVvdnZuyuI2 > =225j > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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