Dan Kozakewycz
05-08-2014, 5:22 AM
Right, lets try this again, as it seems posting a link to a crowdfunding project still breaks the rules even if the project is completed.
So, no mention of what I make sadly, but I managed to raise enough money on Kickstarter by taking pre-orders of my products that I've managed to fund the purchase of my first laser, a Rayjet 50 from Trotec.
I visited the showroom in Guildford on Tuesday for a lengthy demonstration, including getting one of my sample pieces made on the next machine up, the Speedy 100. I was concerned initially that the Speedy would turn out to be the better machine and that I couldn't really stretch my budget to that, but fortunately for what I am doing, the benefits of JobControl, servo motors and more power were of no real advantage to me, so it turned out that the little Rayjet and it's RayJet Commander printer driver software was actually the perfect tool!
Negotiated a fantastic deal with Andrew and will be taking delivery in a few weeks, I know there's not much info here about the entry level system from Trotec so I'll be happy to document how I get on with it!
Andy did mention that I may well have been the first person to have purchased one of their machines via crowdfunding too. :D
So, no mention of what I make sadly, but I managed to raise enough money on Kickstarter by taking pre-orders of my products that I've managed to fund the purchase of my first laser, a Rayjet 50 from Trotec.
I visited the showroom in Guildford on Tuesday for a lengthy demonstration, including getting one of my sample pieces made on the next machine up, the Speedy 100. I was concerned initially that the Speedy would turn out to be the better machine and that I couldn't really stretch my budget to that, but fortunately for what I am doing, the benefits of JobControl, servo motors and more power were of no real advantage to me, so it turned out that the little Rayjet and it's RayJet Commander printer driver software was actually the perfect tool!
Negotiated a fantastic deal with Andrew and will be taking delivery in a few weeks, I know there's not much info here about the entry level system from Trotec so I'll be happy to document how I get on with it!
Andy did mention that I may well have been the first person to have purchased one of their machines via crowdfunding too. :D