by Mooselake » 2018-Jul-Sun-14-Jul
I read elsewhere that Brook said it's too hard to compete against the cheap imports in the low end market these days and is looking at options. Not surprising, hard to beat low cost high volume manufacturing for those customers only interested in is price. Outsourcing and relabeling could be a way to draw users in and get them familiar with Printrbot, then when they grow out of it (in a couple months?) move them up to something bigger and better.
Wonder how this affects being "open source", although the bent metal Printrbots are already outside of what most DIYers can make in a home shop.
The 3D printer market is moving closer to commodity printers, a lot of the current vendors will likely disappear. Hope Brook manages to be one of the survivors
Kirk
Modified KickStarter Classic Plus 7/2012
KS Thingybot Delta Pro 10/31/16