Laser Cutter Update – it’s on the boat!
We’ve had several production problems over the last few months. Growing pains that we are taking on with gusto. In order to avoid issues with 3rd party suppliers we’ve made the choice to get our own laser cutter in-house. It will improve production, speed up R&D, and generally be frikkin’ lasers. The machine is an LG900N from G Weike, who come highly recommended.
When we looked at their website the initial impression wasn’t good – the whole page was broken in ugly ways and it felt very sloppy. Still… the reviews said these guys were the best, so we made a deal: we fixed their home page in exchange for an extra laser tube and a few features. Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise.
For those of you who have ordered a kit and want to know how long it will be, please follow the boat’s progress here.
While the boat works it’s way over here I’ll be attending the Seattle Mini Maker Faire, fleshing out our new online store (still in alpha), ramping up R&D on the drink mixing robot, and generally trying to be as awesome as possible.
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