Hi Folks,
First Post so introduction.
I have spent 25 yrs in electro-mech design in the uk,
specifically using acad and solidworks, also lots of hands on fault finding all manner of assemblies,
so anything like these machines will be a godsend.
I am set on buying one.
Seriously considering a makergear M2,
Does anyone have experience of delivery problems or import duty,
Specifically to the uk but any of your experiences would be good.
Its a lot of money to spend if I then have to add import duty or vat on the full price I will be gutted.
Cheers for the help now and no doubt in the future
delivery and import duty etc
Re: delivery and import duty etc
Hi again,
Well I will answer this myself for all future brits considering a makergear,
my order was placed on the 8th september,
I was despatched on the 26th September,
Arrived in the uk customs on 30th september,
was released to the post office on 6th october
And I picked it up on october 8th october,
the customs and extra delivery charge was £86.
It took me three nights (roughly 12hrs) to build
I bought simply3D which was painless to install and easy to learn,
and my first print was the big foot off the SD card,
and it was perfect.
its so easy to print with, no messing about,
once your bed is levelled its as easy as printing on paper.
I can thoroughly recommend the makergear as a plug and play printer.
Well I will answer this myself for all future brits considering a makergear,
my order was placed on the 8th september,
I was despatched on the 26th September,
Arrived in the uk customs on 30th september,
was released to the post office on 6th october
And I picked it up on october 8th october,
the customs and extra delivery charge was £86.
It took me three nights (roughly 12hrs) to build
I bought simply3D which was painless to install and easy to learn,
and my first print was the big foot off the SD card,
and it was perfect.
its so easy to print with, no messing about,
once your bed is levelled its as easy as printing on paper.
I can thoroughly recommend the makergear as a plug and play printer.
Re: delivery and import duty etc
nice jeff, glad you had a good experience. its a long way from ohio to your door. im sure you have questions as time goes on so feel free to post them up.
Re: delivery and import duty etc
jeffcav,
Now comes the hardest part of your task: selecting your design software.
My start has been with OpenSCAD, and being an old FORTRAN programmer and a Visio user since it came on floppies, I'm comfortable with the commands and transformations (union, difference, etc.) that it uses; and since I'm generally making parts to fit, entering dimensions directly as parameters in the lines works well for me. YMMV.
Shoot us a photo of the first print your design for yourself and tell us its story (in the sharing board). Poke around on Thingiverse. Check out M2 users and help videos on YouTube. Best of all: use your M2 to solve some problem, make some useful thing, prototype some new product, or accomplish something else that was not possible before you got it!
The easy part: getting help and encouragement, sharing your learnings, and generally just hanging out here.
Welcome to the fun!
Dale
Now comes the hardest part of your task: selecting your design software.
My start has been with OpenSCAD, and being an old FORTRAN programmer and a Visio user since it came on floppies, I'm comfortable with the commands and transformations (union, difference, etc.) that it uses; and since I'm generally making parts to fit, entering dimensions directly as parameters in the lines works well for me. YMMV.
Shoot us a photo of the first print your design for yourself and tell us its story (in the sharing board). Poke around on Thingiverse. Check out M2 users and help videos on YouTube. Best of all: use your M2 to solve some problem, make some useful thing, prototype some new product, or accomplish something else that was not possible before you got it!
The easy part: getting help and encouragement, sharing your learnings, and generally just hanging out here.
Welcome to the fun!
Dale