Hi people,
Just wanted to give you a heads up that Nicholas is fundraising the development of the BOB Simpson
Link to thread: [forums.reprap.org]
I trust in his capable and skilled hands that he will achieve what he sets out to do.
If you like this and want this goal to be achieved, help fund the project!
With many of us chipping in a small amount we can help Nicholas cover the costs of the development. You may not think it your contribution will amount to much, but with many chipping in small quantities, we'll get there.
To quote the thread (linked to above) for easy of reading:
Just wanted to give you a heads up that Nicholas is fundraising the development of the BOB Simpson
Link to thread: [forums.reprap.org]
I trust in his capable and skilled hands that he will achieve what he sets out to do.
If you like this and want this goal to be achieved, help fund the project!
With many of us chipping in a small amount we can help Nicholas cover the costs of the development. You may not think it your contribution will amount to much, but with many chipping in small quantities, we'll get there.
To quote the thread (linked to above) for easy of reading:
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nicholas.seward
I have been considering building the ultimate RepRap machine. The machine would use nothing but PLA for the whole robot with the exception of string, limit switches, steppers, controller board, and the hot end. I am dubbing the concept BOB Simpson (BOltless and Bearingless).
I have the basics all mapped out. (Lashed geared double lamina compliant joints, proportional gear drive joints, gear bearings for pulleys, etc.) There is still a lot of work to do. How do you make a solid stepper mount without bolts? How do we tension the string without any vitamins? I want to print everything in small sections (To avoid a heated bed) directly on existing surfaces so we can avoid the need for a none-PLA build platform.
Time is tight and this isn't high on my list right now so I thought I would give the bounty system a try. I set the goal pretty high at $5000. I asked myself how much money would I need to get it to be on the top of my list.
This is an experiment in how the bounty system will work for something like this. Let's find out.
BOUNTY LINK
For this to work, you need to pledge if you want this to happen AND you have to use your contacts to solicit more support. I would imagine that if only the people that see this post pledge then this won't work.
