Comments on: MakerBot is pioneering distributed manufacturing! Get paid to make parts for future MakerBots. http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/ Robots That Make Things Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:09:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 2009: A Belated Look Back at a Watershed Year in 3D Printing http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 2009: A Belated Look Back at a Watershed Year in 3D Printing Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:02:47 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-3144 [...] MakerBot Industries became the first company to crowd-source manufacturing. [...] [...] MakerBot Industries became the first company to crowd-source manufacturing. [...]

]]> By: News from MakerBot! | MakerBlock http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 News from MakerBot! | MakerBlock Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:28:30 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-3045 [...] I have a batch 9 MakerBot which came with printed pulleys.  However, by the time batch 9 rolled around there was no longer a need for printed [...] [...] I have a batch 9 MakerBot which came with printed pulleys.  However, by the time batch 9 rolled around there was no longer a need for printed [...]

]]> By: Crowdsourced manufacturing « Tecnologia & Operations http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-3016 Crowdsourced manufacturing « Tecnologia & Operations Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:57:40 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-3016 [...] MakerBot is pioneering distributed manufacturing! Get paid to make parts for future MakerBots. [...] [...] MakerBot is pioneering distributed manufacturing! Get paid to make parts for future MakerBots. [...]

]]> By: CupCake CNC Deluxe Kit Unboxed! | MakerBlock http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-2576 CupCake CNC Deluxe Kit Unboxed! | MakerBlock Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:29:35 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-2576 [...] be layered and glued together.  Having ordered this CupCake CNC from batch #9, I benefit from printed pulleys.  Being able to print your own upgrades is one of the truly incredible things about a 3D printer. [...] [...] be layered and glued together.  Having ordered this CupCake CNC from batch #9, I benefit from printed pulleys.  Being able to print your own upgrades is one of the truly incredible things about a 3D printer. [...]

]]> By: James Villeneuve http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-961 James Villeneuve Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:26:36 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-961 can i print one, and mold the rest out of urethane plastic? I have enough idle time between test setup to have this running for 30.00$ ! can i print one, and mold the rest out of urethane plastic? I have enough idle time between test setup to have this running for 30.00$ !

]]> By: Rapid Prototyping 3D Printers: RepRap and Co « Developing with your head in the clouds http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Rapid Prototyping 3D Printers: RepRap and Co « Developing with your head in the clouds Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:06:51 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-814 [...] the easiest to assemble and is also constantly improved. They also started an interesting test for crowdsourced production. Makerbot has a smaller printing area (10 cm x 10 cm) than Mendel (20 cm x 20 cm) but I believe [...] [...] the easiest to assemble and is also constantly improved. They also started an interesting test for crowdsourced production. Makerbot has a smaller printing area (10 cm x 10 cm) than Mendel (20 cm x 20 cm) but I believe [...]

]]> By: Jerry http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Jerry Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:15:02 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-793 This is a great way to generate some income aside from having a cool makerbot inhouse. But I'm wondering what would be the profit like, minus the cost to ship the stuff out from my place to NYC and it would not be cheap tho. Anyway, thumbs up to MakerBot for such a brilliant concept! Jerry from Malaysia This is a great way to generate some income aside from having a cool makerbot inhouse. But I’m wondering what would be the profit like, minus the cost to ship the stuff out from my place to NYC and it would not be cheap tho. Anyway, thumbs up to MakerBot for such a brilliant concept!

Jerry from Malaysia

]]> By: Luke http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Luke Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:02:51 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-660 Don't forget about shipping costs...When you look at a USPS medium flat rate box costing $10.35 and probably housing about 30 pulleys, that eats in to your profit margins. Don’t forget about shipping costs…When you look at a USPS medium flat rate box costing $10.35 and probably housing about 30 pulleys, that eats in to your profit margins.

]]> By: Pulleys: Help Needed! - MakerBot Industries http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Pulleys: Help Needed! - MakerBot Industries Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:03:27 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-656 [...] you’re in, read this post, check out the production code and please email zach@makerbot.com to let him know  you are going [...] [...] you’re in, read this post, check out the production code and please email zach@makerbot.com to let him know  you are going [...]

]]> By: Cathal http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/06/makerbot-is-pioneering-distributed-manufacturing-get-paid-to-make-parts-for-future-makerbots/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Cathal Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:23:58 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=364#comment-517 Jeeze, Bob, give it a rest. Virtually everyone involved in these projects wants a home-brew recycler to re-use their printed projects, for starters, and quite aside from that this distributed home manufacturing process cuts out the far more damaging transport costs associated with normal manufacture. Besides, as soon as PLA becomes readily available, I think most of us will start using that instead. Biodegradable and renewable. Happy? Probably not. If you have an environmental axe to grind, which I fully understand and empathise with, go troll a "Meat Enthusiast" forum or a car website. Jeeze, Bob, give it a rest. Virtually everyone involved in these projects wants a home-brew recycler to re-use their printed projects, for starters, and quite aside from that this distributed home manufacturing process cuts out the far more damaging transport costs associated with normal manufacture.

Besides, as soon as PLA becomes readily available, I think most of us will start using that instead. Biodegradable and renewable. Happy? Probably not.

If you have an environmental axe to grind, which I fully understand and empathise with, go troll a “Meat Enthusiast” forum or a car website.

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