For those of you interested in donating to the Christmas Giveaway this year.  I would request that you post that information here.
To enter all you need to do is be a contributing forum member with at least 10 (genuine) posts and ask to be entered here.  We will draw from this list on Dec. 25 until all donated items are gone.

Happy Holidays and as always Happy Printing from the SoliForum Staff

For those of you interested in donating to the Christmas Giveaway this year.  I would request that you post that information here or send me a PM if you'd prefer. 

To enter all you need to do is be a contributing forum member with at least 10 (genuine) posts and ask to be entered here.  We will draw from this list on Dec. 25 until all donated items are gone. 

Happy Holidays and as always Happy Printing from the SoliForum Staff

For those of you interested in donating to the Christmas Giveaway this year.  I would request that you post that information here up until Dec 10th or send me a PM if you'd prefer.

To enter all you need to do is be a  contributing forum member with at least 10 (genuine) posts and ask to be entered here starting Dec. 11th through the 20th.  Yes, I will post up a reminder along with all of the details on Dec. 21st

Happy Holidays and as always Happy Printing from the SoliForum Staff

Sign in and enjoy!!!

For those of you interested in donating to the Christmas Giveaway this year.  I would request that you post that information here up until Nov. 30 or send me a PM if you'd prefer.

To enter all you need to do is be a  contributing forum member with at least 10 (genuine) posts and ask to be entered here starting Dec. 1st through the 10th.  Yes, I will post up a reminder along with all of the details on Dec. 1st

Happy Holidays and as always Happy Printing from the SoliForum Staff

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Brad

To celebrate what a strong community we have here, I would like to give away...

Sponsored by wardjr:

3 new spools of Octave 1.75mm ABS filament.
Your color choices are: What ever is available from Amazon so basically anything.

3 new spools of Taulman T-Glase 1.75 filament.
Your color choices are Clear, red, green, blue or black.

E3Dv6 All-Metal Hotend,  The hot end will be shipped to a winner anywhere in the world.
If outside the US winner pays shipping (Special Thanks to Tim Elmore for helping to make this happen!)
edit: WOW!!! IronMan is donating another E3D V-6  Thank You IronMan!!! (rules will be the same for shipping)

Replacement SD3 or 4 Silicone Heat Pad I will also be giving away a new Replacement SD3 or 4 Silicone Heat Pad 200mm x 200mm originally sold to me by Willyum1370 find specs here: http://www.soliforum.com/topic/6181/sil … -3/page/2/

Unfortunately, shipping for the filament and Heat Pad will be restricted to North America it gets quite expensive to ship abroad.

Sponsored by IronMan

E3Dv6 hotend

Sponsored by Ggalisky

2 pounds of ABS regrind (not filament, but the stuff that makes it) for use with a Filastruder.  Free shipping in the Continental US, but for international shipping you will have to pay.

Sponsored by knowack

A digital caliper (dial indicator), and an exacto knife set:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8tb5syg2q4gq6 … 8.jpg?dl=0
Free shipping.

Sponsored by michael.t.albers

For two folks, I can provide one roll each of octave pla or abs, your choice of color.
Free shipping.

Sponsored by mdrVB6

3 100 gram sample packs of Taulman Bridge nylon

I will also donate something.  I don't have much but I'll throw in 3 100 gram sample packs of Taulman Bridge nylon dyed to any of the following colors that I have laying around: Black, Red, Orange, Kelly Green, Blue, Yellow, Wine (dark purple) or undyed.  I'll also dry them in the oven before shipping but also plan on doing the same upon receiving.   Free shipping to the lower 48 only please.  However, I'm leaving on the 10th for 10 days of travel so this won't be able to ship until the week of the 22nd.  Good luck to all!

Sponsored by Revolve3D

1. 8lbs of PA747 ABS Pellets for home extrusion.

2. 8lbs of 4043D PLA pellets for home extrusion.

Post below if you want to be entered into the drawing with what color you would like for both ABS and T-Glase.  I will select 8 (clearly this number will change with more donations) random members.
edit: to include some of the newer members that are anxiously awaiting their printers
To qualify, please have been registered on the forum prior to November 25th, have at least 3 posts on the forum and, if you want the filament or Heat Pad, be from North America.
Names will be drawn by me on Dec 10th

If anyone else here wants to join in and give something away as well, private message me and we will add it to the list! It would be awesome if a few others have something they would like to share for the season.

A quick Thank You to Brad and the rest of the staff for making this all possible.... THANK YOU!!!

And The Winners Are:

Sponsored by wardjr:

3 new spools of Octave 1.75mm ABS filament.
Robny
Knowack
Satman49
Your color choices are: What ever is available from Amazon so basically anything.

3 new spools of Taulman T-Glase 1.75 filament.
Jagowilson
Kungfudork
SkyBlue
Your color choices are Clear, red, green, blue or black.

E3Dv6 All-Metal Hotend, 
mwillie
The hot end will be shipped to a winner anywhere in the world.
If outside the US winner pays shipping (Special Thanks to Tim Elmore for helping to make this happen!)
edit: WOW!!! IronMan is donating another E3D V-6  Thank You IronMan!!! (rules will be the same for shipping)

Replacement SD3 or 4 Silicone Heat Pad
Ggalisky
I will also be giving away a new Replacement SD3 or 4 Silicone Heat Pad 200mm x 200mm originally sold to me by Willyum1370 find specs here: http://www.soliforum.com/topic/6181/sil … -3/page/2/

Unfortunately, shipping for the filament and Heat Pad will be restricted to North America it gets quite expensive to ship abroad.

Sponsored by IronMan

E3Dv6 hotend
Quintox303

Sponsored by Ggalisky

2 pounds of ABS regrind
Nerfz
(not filament, but the stuff that makes it) for use with a Filastruder.  Free shipping in the Continental US, but for international shipping you will have to pay.

Sponsored by knowack

A digital caliper (dial indicator), and an exacto knife set:
POPOTROPOPIC3
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8tb5syg2q4gq6 … 8.jpg?dl=0
Free shipping.

Sponsored by michael.t.albers

For two folks, I can provide one roll each of octave pla or abs, your choice of color.
SuperDave
MLA
Free shipping.

Sponsored by mdrVB6

3 100 gram sample packs of Taulman Bridge nylon
Madfalcon81
Dominick
desertstriker2008
I will also donate something.  I don't have much but I'll throw in 3 100 gram sample packs of Taulman Bridge nylon dyed to any of the following colors that I have laying around: Black, Red, Orange, Kelly Green, Blue, Yellow, Wine (dark purple) or undyed.  I'll also dry them in the oven before shipping but also plan on doing the same upon receiving.   Free shipping to the lower 48 only please.  However, I'm leaving on the 10th for 10 days of travel so this won't be able to ship until the week of the 22nd.  Good luck to all!

Sponsored by Revolve3D

1. 8lbs of PA747 ABS Pellets for home extrusion.
dubbsd

2. 8lbs of 4043D PLA pellets for home extrusion.
n2ri

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Remember the joy is in the giving!!!
If you won something that you have no use for please re-gift it to another user.
I will be posting this up on the original post as well.

In order to claim your gift please contact the sponsor of that particular item via PM and provide your info and in some cases color choice.

Merry Christmas and Happy Printing!!!

To celebrate what a strong community we have here, I want to give away 3 spools of 1.75mm ABS filament.

Your colour choices are: Black, Blue, Grey, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Silver, White, Yellow.

Tim, aka Elmoret, from Filastruder is giving away a E3D All-Metal Hotend, with the winner's choice of size to the giveaway! The hot end will be shipped to a winner anywhere in the world.

Unfortuantely, shipping will be restricted to North America It gets quite expensive to ship abroad.

Post below if you want to be entered into the draw with what colour you would like! I will select 3 random members. To qualify, please have more than 10 posts on the forum and, if you want the filament, be from North America.

If anyone else here wants to join in and give something away as well, private message me and we will add it to the list! It would be awesome if a few others have something they would like to share for the season.

WINNERS LISTED BELOW! Names drawn Dec 5th

3x 1.75mm ABS Filament (winner's choice of colour) (North America Only)
Gordym - white
Cognoquest - Will tell me colour
ITman496 - blue

1x E3D hotend, winner's choice of size (Worldwide) (Thanks Tim!) - Gomisan

(Thanks 2n2r5 for the following!)
1x OEM SD Hotend (Worldwide) - Sparverius
1x Printrbot Hotend - Ceramic (Worldwide) - WhiteStar01

1x QU-BD 8" heated bed (Worldwide) - markm

1x Acrylic Jigsaw Replacement & Cable Chains (North America Only) - rvanee

1x Metal custom thread-less screw mount & QU-BD 8" heated bed (North America Only, Thanks techbuilder2175!) - creationblur

(Thanks to michael.t.albers for the following filament! North America Only)
1x 1.75mm ABS Spool of yellow Octave filament - bill50here
1x 1.75mm ABS Spool of black Octave filament - mark.burhop

1x 1.75mm ABS Spool of white Octave filament - 3d-oodler

Everyone who has won will be getting a PM from me shortly on the forum. Please respond within 5 days so we can get everything sent out. If I don't hear back from you within 5 days with an address, I will draw another name. If you would like to give your gift to another member, you can also do that! Nothing like re-gifting after all! Just PM me with the member you would like to give it to within 5 days. Cutoff date for giving me your shipping address, or gifting to another member: December 10th, 6:00pm PST.

Another thought of mine, it would be cool if those that won could take a photo of their prize when it arrives in the mail and post it in this thread, and maybe give a shoutout to the member that graciously donated it to the giveaway

Thanks to everyone for participating in the soliforum giveaway, and a big thanks to those of you that donated gifts to the giveaway, and also to those that stick around the forums and make the community what it is by sharing their knowledge and time with other members.

Regardless, Happy 1st Birthday SoliForum!

Here are some forum traffic stats and statistics since the beginning...

Hope you enjoy statistics and data as much as I do

Thanks guys for making this possible.

I would like to be the first to formally welcome Lawsy to the SoliForum staff team!

With all the value he brings to the forum, and his innovation in the field, I thought he would make a great addition to the moderator team here, and he accepted the position.

Brad

These are a set of guidelines that outline how SoliForum is run, and how we may deal with certain situations. The text of these guidelines will be enforced in the spirit of the text, not necessarily as it is written.

What is SoliForum?

SoliForum is a independent community created to share ideas and creations that others can reproduce and improve on. It is also a place to help others and receive assistance with 3D printers and other closely related subjects. You may also buy, sell, or trade physical things with other members of the community, such as, but not limited to, printer parts, filament, software, kits, and complete units, but know that you assume all the risks that are associated with transactions with other members.

What SoliForum is NOT

SoliForum is not owned or operated by Solidoodle, and as such is not an official forum. SoliForum and community members are not responsible for any damages that may occur when performing modifications or repairs on your equipment when following advice or guides shared here, and is not warrantied in any way. It is also not a place to join solely to advertise/promote your business and products while providing no educational value to the community. We welcome businesses who want to contribute to the community, and they are rewarded with the ability to create a thread in the Buy/Sell/Trade section to promote their products. SoliForum is not the place to start trouble, or make derogatory/racist/hateful remarks to other community members.

Forum access is a privilege, not a right. Violating these guidelines, or conduct that forum staff and/or membership find is against the spirit of SoliForum, may result in a temporary or permanent account suspension.

If you have any questions about these guidelines, or about the spirit of SoliForum, feel free to contact a forum staff member, or myself.

Miscellaneous Info:

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First and foremost, I haven't been too active around here recently. I have browsed the forum at least once a day, but have not been making many posts. I have been a little busy with a new company I am launching soon that works with professional and hobby multirotor/multicopter systems. Just a little update for you guys about me, personally. I would like to pose a question to the community: Would you be OK with me doing a little bit of shameless self promotion about my new company here? (Without going all "polyimide tape" on you, of course )

Secondly, let me give you guys some traffic stats on the forum, because who doesn't like statistics

Since our launch in August, 2012 we have had over 28,725 unique visits to the forums. We have had over 720,593 raw forum pageviews. 70.36% of our visitors are repeat visitors, while 29.64% are brand new visitors.

These are the top countries for our incoming visitors:

1.    United States - 59.76%
2.    Australia - 6.59%
3.    Canada - 5.04%
4.    United Kingdom - 3.77%
5.    France - 2.97%
6.    Germany - 2.45%
7.    Norway - 1.72%
8.    Sweden - 1.69%
9.    Japan - 1.35%
10.    Switzerland - 1.28%

The three most popular cities for our visitors to be from are:

1.    Sydney - 2.86%
2.    New York - 2.27%
3.    San Francisco - 2.12%

The three most popular web browsers for our visitors:

1.    Chrome - 38.25%
2.    Firefox - 21.97%
3.    Safari - 20.05%

61.92% of our visitors are using Windows, compared to 14.88% using Mac OSX.

The most popular topic on SoliForum is the Order Shipping Thread in the "Solidoodle Discussion" section. We could have guessed this one though, right?

Here's a graph of our traffic, starting from the beginning:

As you can see, we are steadily growing, expanding, and taking over the world. A 3D printer in every home after all, right?

So Brad, why are you showing me these numbers? I don't particularly care.

That's fine, I just like to include you guys in everything, so I figured it might be cool to know some statistics on how everyone here has contributed to make this forum the greatest source of Solidoodle knowledge, and probably one of the better sources for 3D printer knowledge in general. Its all thanks to you guys to make the community what it is.

Your Turn

What would you like to see in 2013 for SoliForum, the community in general, and perhaps some ideas for Solidoodle as a company?

This is to a great 2012, and an even better 2013! *Raises glass*

Brad