Hey there bstott. Did you get the parts we sent btw? It is a Rostock derivative in that we were inspired by his design, and we contacted Johann to let him know we wanted to build something along the lines of it. He said there were many people making changes, and that he wanted to add extruded rails to his design as well, so we had some collaboration with him in that front.

Thanks for checking it out!

We are using standard aluminum extrusions because the things like makerslide and openrail are hard to get, and just as, if not more, costly. Using regular t-slot, anyone can have access to the materials in a day or less almost anywhere in the world!

Thanks! We are talking about doing something like that. And, we are thinking of building 5 to have ready to ship if and when we launch a campaign, so you can have a chance to have one of the first rostockMAX's ever!

p.s.

I actually had the exact same idea for a parallel 3D printer

very glad to see you guys could actually pull it off.

We're working on all the little detailed stuff this week, and hopefully we'll be running production on kits next week! As we finish parts, and tool up for the molded parts (i.e. when the cad files are 100%) I'll be uploading the .stl files etc... Take a look at the rods, how awesome do they look! The injection molded parts have radius edges, and the main "beam" section is thinner, but it's glass-filled nylon, so it's SUPER stiff, and Steve just squared them up a bit to make them more printable for you guys

Thanks sgraber, btw, I printed an origional this weekend too. Ya know, just for fun. Coming to the MakerSpace meeting tomorrow? BRING YOUR PRINTER!!!