<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/9722/off-topic-discussion-on-e3d/ Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:19:13 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/100962/#p100962 DePartedPrinter wrote:
elmoret wrote:
DePartedPrinter wrote:

I saw. They missed their earnings by a small percentage. I would expect them to crush it in 2015. They are still trying to figure out how to sell 3D printers to the consumers who are still trying to figure out how to use one.

This is their audience: http://3dprint.com/40461/3d-printing-survey/

We have a long ways to go before things hit mainstream...

If you really believe that, put some money on it. January '16 100 calls are $1.60. That'd be a 20% jump from where they were a week ago.


Ha. My money is better put to use other places at this time.

https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1& … ybmAGwh6Mo

Down 56% in 6 months.

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:19:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/100962/#p100962 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/91087/#p91087 Indeed smile Respect

adrian wrote:

Hardly trolling.. Statement of fact tongue I'm allowed to, been here long enough tongue
Anyway.. I don't seen it as trolling pointing out the obvious.

Have fun making your mounts!

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:56:04 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/91087/#p91087 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/91067/#p91067 Hardly trolling.. Statement of fact tongue I'm allowed to, been here long enough tongue
Anyway.. I don't seen it as trolling pointing out the obvious.

Have fun making your mounts!

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:10:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/91067/#p91067 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90795/#p90795 Excellent, looking forward to it!

(by the way, I grew up about 10 minutes away from you. small world!)

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:50:38 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90795/#p90795 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90793/#p90793 parts ordered.  The guidelines seem pretty straight forward.  Not much to ask for a free set of me proof extruders.  I have yet to clog my V6 on the prusa.  Everything else would clog if I looked at it funny.

Thanks!

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:48:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90793/#p90793 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90790/#p90790 That was trollish.

Thanks elmoret.  I missed that link scanning through it on my phone.  I'll read it over, and get to work once my workbench gets here.  Should have a pair of v6's ordered today.  Someone has to draw the  mount for it.  I might as well try to take advantage.

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:32:01 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90790/#p90790 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90765/#p90765 Test one for qualification should be the ability to read the posts wink lol

(p.s.. waves everyone...)

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:01:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90765/#p90765 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90759/#p90759 I linked them above...

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:46:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90759/#p90759 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90758/#p90758 Hope i can get it done.  Where can i find the guidelines for the write-up?

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:20:12 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90758/#p90758 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90718/#p90718 Yes, if you also do a writeup that meets E3Ds guidelines, and post to their wiki.

http://wiki.e3d-online.com/wiki/Accepta … e_Standard

Best thing would be to order the v6s. Upon posting to the wiki, PM me and I'll refund you for them.

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:45:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90718/#p90718 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/90714/#p90714 So if I draw a decent mount for my workbench you'll give me a pair of v6's?

elmoret wrote:
DePartedPrinter wrote:

Why doesn't Filastruder just buy every printer available and design mounts for upgrades? Be a great tax write off anyways.

Short answer:
As I've explained previously, time.

Long answer:

Option 1: I do it all.

Lets say there are 10 printers we want to cover. This isn't actually that many:

SD2/3/4
SD Press
SD Workbench
Printrbot Metal
Printbot Simple
Printrbot Plus
Prusa i3
Mendel90
Lulzbot TAZ4
Rostock MAX v2

There are still a LOT of printers left out, but we'll roll with it for the sake of argument. The only printer I am familiar with is the first one. For a printer I'm unfamiliar with, I'd expect 3 full days of time spent: designing/reverse engineering, printing/mounting/firmware updates, testing/documentation.

So that's 240 hours of work. Now I also do consulting work, so I'd have to give that up for a while. My consulting work starts at $50/hour, so that would be a minimum of $12k of consulting income lost, plus depreciation value of the printers (~$10k if given away, $5k if sold). If the printers are given away or sold, additional shipping expenses are incurred, and who is at fault if the printer is damaged in shipment?

Option 2:

Give away free parts/store credit.

This takes much less than 3 days, since the end user is already very familiar with the printer at hand - and how to speak to/document for its users. If a new hotend came out, I could probably design and document a mount for it in a day for my SD3. Clearly this model works, as MacGyverX has already ended up with a free hotend as a result. Lets say everyone gets a free hotend as a result of their work. This costs me less than $80/ea, times 10.


So to recap:
Option 1 costs $17,000 - $22,000.
Option 2 costs $800.

Which one is better?

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:52:54 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/90714/#p90714 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/83808/#p83808 One could argue that what Musk did was indeed controlling Tesla's IP. By releasing it, he basically open up all sorts of mass production everyone's going to want to use that tech, which means producing batteries for example will be cheaper since it is in much higher volume.

]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2015 05:55:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/83808/#p83808 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/83762/#p83762 DePartedPrinter wrote:
Gordym wrote:

Smart business sense in this world uses the open source market to share information and designs to improve the community overall.


Smart businesses control their IP and maximize shareholder profits.

3D printing example...MakerBot

I suppose then Elon Musk isn't a smart businessman....

]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:32:12 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/83762/#p83762 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/83757/#p83757 wardjr wrote:

Given all this... I say Kudos to Tim for the insane amount of time and effort he puts into this community.
I would challenge anyone to find a user of this forum (and any of his other frequent stops) that hasn't learned something
from the man we all know as elmoret smile

+1

]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:00:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/83757/#p83757 <![CDATA[Re: Off topic Discussion on E3D]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/83755/#p83755 DePartedPrinter wrote:

Hahaha. If only I had the time.

Time? Who ever has enough of that tongue

]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:59:56 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/83755/#p83755