{"id":1104,"date":"2011-11-22T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1104-printbot-3d-printer-project-on-kickstarter-for-under-500.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:14:14","slug":"printbot-3d-printer-project-on-kickstarter-for-under-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/printbot-3d-printer-project-on-kickstarter-for-under-500","title":{"rendered":"Printbot: 3D Printer Project on Kickstarter for Under $500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen some incredibly&nbsp;successful <a href=\"\/blog\/archives\/1005-Kickstarter-Loves-3D-Printing.html\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing projects on Kickstarter<\/a> in the past and a <a href=\"\/blog\/archives\/878-500-3D-Printer-Kit-The-eMAKER-Huxley-no-longer-SOLD-OUT.html\" target=\"_blank\">RepRap based 3D printer on IndieGoGo for $450<\/a>, now the latest project to hit Kickstarter is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/printrbot\/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\">Printbot:&nbsp;Your First 3D Printer<\/a>&nbsp;that has already tripled it&#8217;s goal of $25,000 raising over $79k with 25 days to go.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:12709 --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/printrbot\/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/img_0097.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/printrbot\/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>A pledge of $499 or more will get you all of the parts needed to make&nbsp;your very own Printbot 3D printer. 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