New Wanderlust 4x5 camera

howardpan

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Oren Grad said:
OK, if you read the details in the Kickstarter campaign announcements it turns out that they are funding a range of design and production upgrades for the camera and its components.
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I wrote to Gore Luo, who is one of the members of the Kickstarter project team. He told me that the goal of the campaign is to raise funds so they can create molds. The cameras sold on eBay are made with 3D printing technology.
 

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I don't know if I will back the kickstarter but may be interested later on. My current Travelwide still works just fine.
 

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howardpan said:
I wrote to Gore Luo, who is one of the members of the Kickstarter project team. He told me that the goal of the campaign is to raise funds so they can create molds. The cameras sold on eBay are made with 3D printing technology.
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Ah, that clears it up a bit. I heard Nico mention it on the news, but couldn't make sense of what the KS was for. I'm not sure I'm interested myself.

As a sidenote, I wonder how much more resilient an injection molded part is that one that is 3D printed. I suspect there is something to be gained there, but how much I couldn't say.
 

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Matthew K said:
As a sidenote, I wonder how much more resilient an injection molded part is that one that is 3D printed. I suspect there is something to be gained there, but how much I couldn't say.
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It's going to be considerably tougher, less temperature sensitive, and less prone to layer separation (because there are no layers). However, the tolerances will require very careful management-- check out Stearman Press's experiences with the SP-445 manufacturing process on their blog.
 

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I remember reading about Stearman Press's problems; quite the roller coaster. Good luck to them getting it all figured out, it's not a journey I think I could navigate.
 
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