It’s very small (14.2″×9.4″×5.5″ workarea), it’s much more expensive than the Onefinity, and it doesn’t compare to the Onefinity, but I thought some might find this interesting.
With Automatic Tool Changing, Auto Probing, Built-In Dust Collector, Full Enclosure, Integrated Laser, 4th Rotary Axis, Cross-Platform Control Software, Closed Loop Spindle, Ball Screws, and Servo Motors, fully assembled, fine tuned and tested, I think it’s an ambitious and phenomenal idea of a nice tool. If only the budget for this year were not eaten up!
I would be reluctant to put that much money on a Kickstarter for a relatively new company though. I have done many KS, too many campaigns are hugely delayed, under-deliver or fold under.
Yep same here Kickstarter can be cool but getting burned more than a few times put me off of there unless it’s a company that has been successful delivering a product on there a couple of times.
I wish them well, if only because these crowdfunded projects tend to be at the vanguard of evolution in a product category.
However the funds being raised are not an indication of whether the project will deliver. For a relatively young company, this campaign translates into many orders to fulfil fast. I have seen some projects that were overfunded but still failed miserably in manufacturing. Some succeed fortunately but my point is that being overfunded does not lower the risk… and it’s still a lot of money to back the project. I, for one, cannot risk that much money.