14Jun Where is the next round of shock mounts?
I’ve received quit a number of e-mails asking when the next round of Zoom H1 shock mounts and DS214 adapters will be available. In the picture above I’m holding the reason for my current delays. That, ladies and gentlemen, is an end stop switch. It tells the machine where the platform should start or stop depending on your logic.
I started the Makerbot up when I came back from vacation to print the next round of gear, walked up stairs to start unpacking and turned on some music. Unfortunately I didn’t drop in to check on it’s progress for more then an hour. What I didn’t realize was that the switch on the end stop had failed. My Makerbot kept running at full speed trying to find the switch, which in turn caused it to chew through a belt and burned up the power supply.
Thanks to this failed switch I am now waiting on the repair parts before I can once again resume production. As soon as I have the parts and the time to fix the problem, I will let you know. Sorry for the delays, I find it as frustrating as you do.
June 14th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Sucks man =(
Do you know if Makerbot is replacing it free of charge or do you have to pay for the replacement parts?
I hope it doesn’t cost you much (if anything).
June 14th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
It will probably cost me more of my time then anything else. Total for replacement parts ended up around $100 with shipping. Hopefully there was no damage done to the motor controller. That’s another $45.
What really sucks, is the hail storm that came through last night and took out my Car and house windows. It happened to so many people that I’ll have to wait a week before the contractor has time to take care of it.
June 15th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
That sucks man I hope you it’s not too much to fix!
Will you be selling the two for 18 deal that you mentioned a while ago? I was thinking about grabbing a few of these to put together a cheap shock mount for a shotgun mic.
June 20th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Hey DeeJay,
Love your site, don’t know where you find the time to do such good reviews, etc., but sure do appreciate them all!! Thanks for all your hard work.
Stupid question: How can we know when you have any of the DS214 adapters ready for purchase?
Thanks,
bozobennett