Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Update : Production of DIY Camera Kits won't start in 2010

Due to an imminent move the camera kit won't start production for at least 6 months. If you were planning on ordering a bellows kit, do it now as it won't be available for more then a couple of weeks. I will still be trying to finish the next prototype before the move and then do the CAD/CAM work for all cameras & projects I am planning on offering, but production of the camera won't start this year.

The good news is that the newly acquired CNC equipment works as I hoped it would and it makes manufacturing of metal parts much more accessible.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Project update

The new tooling is almost in place. I decided to acquire a CNC plasma cutting system for the metal parts as using the mill was unacceptably slow. I also acquired a larger CNC machine for cutting the wood parts and I'm testing it now.

In the mean time I made some changes to the design to simplify it a bit and to take into account new fabrication capabilities. I will make a new prototype and test the new design.

Will post pictures when available.