Tangibot - An Exact Clone of the Makerbot Replicator. Matt Strong has begun a Kickstarter campaign to sell the Tangibot. Wait it’s not just any 3. D printer – it’s an exact copy of the Makerbot Replicator, and a relatively cheaper one at that. Discussion and general discord has exploded across the internet, none in part due to the irony that Matt Strong is replicating . Makerbot has been a huge supporter of Open Source – in reality, the Cupcake, the Thingomatic, the Replicator, they are all derived from the Rep. Rap project. Thingiverse is an open community of CAD designs. But it’s not because Makerbot is a wealthy Uncle that can afford this – they state “When we say open source, we mean open source. The inside of your Replicator belongs to you just as much as the outside, and we want you to get acquainted with it.” One of the unwritten commandments of Open Source is that copying and selling a product is . Its legal, but its really not a nice thing to do. I cant print with another software, i only print with makerbot original software. Okay so we are basically getting the exact same thing happening. The same flashes, even though we can see on the Reply. EEVBlog has a great take on it below. You’re Doing it Wrong. Makerbot released all the specs after taking the risk, supporting their customers and creating software. ![]() It’s a risky strategy, especially when this happens. If Strong actually hits his $5. Kickstarter, that will be $5. Makerbot could have earned for all it’s persistence and hard work. And have to help extra customers it never sold products to. In other words, Matt Strong is making it so risky for them to continue to be Open Source and suppress the initiative of others to innovate. What’s the lesson to the whole 3. D printing community – why try when I can copy? Tag- a- long- bot. Matt Strong’s argument to support his campaign is simple. Its legal and 2) I’m doing a favor to Customers by offering a cheaper Replicator. First off, so what if it’s legal? Lots of things are legal yet completely wrong. ![]() Consumer are not getting a cheaper Replicator. Replicators are made by Makerbot and a great deal of cost and love and butterflies in the stomach were put into it. He is offering a 3D printer, and its not even the. Makerbot Clone Tests the Limits of Open Source Hardware By Michael Weinberg September 11, 2012. When Strong talked about the Makerbot Replicator, he was not suggesting that he was selling a Makerbot made Makerbot Replicator. TangiBot - low cost Replicator clone Clone wars have just begun! TangiBot is 100% compatible Makerbot Replicator clone for 2/3 of the price. We will see how will Makerbot react to this, by launching nuclear lawyer strike or staying true to their Open Source. Matt Strong invented a 3-D printer called TangiBot. More precisely, he built an exact replica of the MakerBot Replicator and is attempting to raise $500,000 on Kickstarter to fund. CTC/Makerbot Replicator clone: print head crashes to the side (Page 1) . Sometimes, even immediately after switch on, the heads crash to the left. ![]() So be cool and don’t do it. Matt’s second point is a fairly myopic one. Consumer are not getting a cheaper Replicator. Replicators are made by Makerbot and a great deal of cost and love and butterflies in the stomach were put into it. He is offering a 3. D printer, and its not even the cheapest one out there (Hello, Solidoodle? ![]() In the long- run, he is screwing the Consumer over by killing innovation within companies and the community with the aim of making money in the short- run. The closest thing of an annoyed Bre Pettis that I could find. The Impact. Already Matt Strong has made $1. Personally, I hope that he falls short of this. Usually I support any sort of 3. D printer – this is an exception because. The purpose of Kickstarter is to get the world to fund unique projects – I’m frankly surprised that Kickstarter allowed this. If Strong is successful, Makerbot will have to revise their Open Source policy and become closed source. This would be a real shame – they are one of the only 3. D printing companies that is so gung- ho on free unfettered Open Source 3. D printing. Source: Tangibot and EEVBlog. Tangibot – An Exact Clone of the Makerbot Replicator(Before It's News)Matt Strong has begun a Kickstarter campaign to sell the Tangibot, another 3. D Printer. Wait it’s not just any 3. D printer – it’s an exact copy of the Makerbot Replicator, and a relatively cheaper one at that. Discussion and general discord has exploded across the internet, none in part due to the irony that Matt Strong is replicating . Almost all of their components are off- the- shelf and the software is free. Makerbot has been a huge supporter of Open Source – in reality, the Cupcake, the Thingomatic, the Replicator, they are all derived from the Rep. Rap project. Thingiverse is an open community of CAD designs. But it’s not because Makerbot is a wealthy Uncle that can afford this – they state “When we say open source, we mean open source. The inside of your Replicator belongs to you just as much as the outside, and we want you to get acquainted with it.” One of the unwritten commandments of Open Source is that copying and selling a product is . Its legal, but its really not a nice thing to do. EEVBlog has a great take on it below. You’re Doing it Wrong. Makerbot released all the specs after taking the risk, supporting their customers and creating software. It’s a risky strategy, especially when this happens. If Strong actually hits his $5. Kickstarter, that will be $5. Makerbot could have earned for all it’s persistence and hard work. And have to help extra customers it never sold products to. In other words, Matt Strong is making it so risky for them to continue to be Open Source and suppress the initiative of others to innovate. What’s the lesson to the whole 3. D printing community – why try when I can copy? Tag- a- long- bot. Matt Strong’s argument to support his campaign is simple. Its legal and 2) I’m doing a favor to Customers by offering a cheaper Replicator. First off, so what if it’s legal? Lots of things are legal yet completely wrong. So be cool and don’t do it. Matt’s second point is a fairly myopic one. Consumer are not getting a cheaper Replicator. Replicators are made by Makerbot and a great deal of cost and love and butterflies in the stomach were put into it. He is offering a 3. D printer, and its not even the cheapest one out there (Hello, Solidoodle? In the long- run, he is screwing the Consumer over by killing innovation within companies and the community with the aim of making money in the short- run. The closest thing of an annoyed Bre Pettis that I could find. The Impact. Already Matt Strong has made $1. Personally, I hope that he falls short of this. Usually I support any sort of 3. D printer – this is an exception because. The purpose of Kickstarter is to get the world to fund unique projects – I’m frankly surprised that Kickstarter allowed this. If Strong is successful, Makerbot will have to revise their Open Source policy and become closed source. This would be a real shame – they are one of the only 3. D printing companies that is so gung- ho on free unfettered Open Source 3. D printing. Source: Tangibot and EEVBlog Read more about CAD, product design and related technology at Solid. Smack. com. Source. DIY 3. D Printing: Tangi. Bot - low cost Replicator clone. What does supporting this project mean to you? It offers the same great performance and features of the Makerbot Replicator but it costs roughly 2/3 what Makerbot charges you for it. Tangi. Bot is 1. 00% compatible with all Makerbot Replicator firmware. The only difference between the Tangi. Bot and. the Makerbot Replicator is that the Tangi. Bot is NOT made by Makerbot. For example, the wires clips might be a. Why should you buy a Tangi. Bot? I have not yet. Plastics tooling. I need my prototype to be as. The parts I produce with my own plastic. Makerbot. Because of this, I used the. Makerbot Replicator in my Tangi. Bot. Who is. 3. DTangible? I am serious about building. As the needs of the business grow I plan on investing in. The Plan. At a very high level, here are the. I will follow as soon as the project funds. Tangi. Bot. Why you can trust that. DTangible will deliver. For the past 7 years I have been developing, producing, and. Provo Craft. That is almost 1.
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