Powercore - Cut through solid metal with EDM

A project in Grand Rapids, MI by Rack Robotics
000days 
:
00hours 
:
00minutes 

Funding Successful

Convert your 3D printer into an EDM machine with an open-source EDM power supply!
3D Printing
Backers: 509
Average Pledge Per Backer: $377

Funded: $192,083 of $5,000
Dates: Mar 2nd -> Apr 1st (30 days)
Project By: Rack Robotics
Tags:
Aw shucks, no tags yet. +Suggest

Suggest Tags

Begin typing to search or pick from a list. You can add multiple tags at the same time!
  • 2-player
  • 3d
  • 3d printing
  • action
  • action rpg
  • adventure
  • africa
  • african american
  • aircraft
  • aliens
  • android
  • animals
  • animation
  • anime
  • anthology
  • apparel
  • arduino
  • art
  • audio
  • bedding
  • beer
  • bees
  • big band
  • bluetooth
  • board game
  • books
  • camping
  • candy
  • card game
  • casual
  • cats
  • chocolate
  • classical music
  • clothing
  • cnc
  • coffee
  • comedy
  • comics
  • community project
  • component
  • conservation
  • console
  • cooperative game
  • country
  • craft
  • craft beer
  • creative commons
  • cyberpunk
  • cycling
  • dance
  • dice
  • dice game
  • diy
  • documentary
  • dogs
  • dragons
  • drm-free
  • dungeon crawler
  • dystopian
  • e-reader
  • eco
  • educational
  • ergonomics
  • expansion
  • fantasy
  • fashion
  • festival
  • fiction
  • film
  • first person shooter
  • folk music
  • food
  • furniture
  • gadget
  • game design
  • gardening
  • geocaching
  • gizmos
  • graphic design
  • graphic novel
  • handcrafted
  • headphones
  • health and fitness
  • hip hop
  • historic
  • home automation
  • horror
  • housewares
  • illustration
  • indie
  • indie rock
  • indigenous
  • instrument
  • ios
  • ipad
  • iphone
  • irish music
  • jazz
  • jewelry
  • kids
  • knit
  • lgbt
  • lighting
  • linux
  • locally sourced
  • lovecraft
  • mac
  • machining
  • magic
  • magnetic
  • maps
  • miniatures
  • minimalist
  • mmo
  • monsters
  • music
  • music video
  • native american
  • nature
  • ninjas
  • noir
  • non-fiction
  • oculus rift
  • open source
  • opera
  • organic
  • outdoors
  • ouya
  • painting
  • parody
  • party game
  • pc
  • pens
  • perceptual computing
  • periodical
  • pets
  • photography
  • pin-up
  • pinball
  • pirates
  • platformer
  • playing cards
  • podcast
  • point and click
  • pop music
  • post-apocalyptic
  • prehistoric
  • present-day theme
  • prints
  • programming
  • ps4
  • psvita
  • pulp
  • puppets
  • puzzle
  • racing
  • rap
  • raspberry pi
  • real time strategy
  • repurposed
  • retro
  • robots
  • roguelike
  • romance
  • rpg
  • sandbox game
  • scandinavian
  • science
  • science fiction
  • simulation
  • single-player
  • sleep
  • smartwatch
  • soccer
  • software
  • space
  • speakers
  • spiritual
  • sports
  • steampunk
  • stop motion
  • strategy game
  • stylus
  • superhero
  • survival
  • suspense
  • tabletop game
  • tarot
  • television
  • terrain
  • theatre
  • tile placement
  • timepiece
  • tower defense
  • toy
  • trading cards
  • travel
  • turn-based
  • uspcc
  • utopian
  • vehicle
  • video game
  • voxel
  • wallet
  • war game
  • watch
  • web series
  • wifi
  • wii u
  • wireless charging
  • world music
  • ww1
  • ww2
  • xbla
  • zombies
SubmitCancel

What is tagging? || Have a new tag we should add?
Saving your suggestions...
Suggestion Saved Successfully
Thank you for your help! The Kicktraq gnomes will get to work on your suggestions very soon.

Please keep in mind not all suggestions may be used, and repeated re-submissions may result in being rejected automatically (and we don't want that to happen).

If you have any questions, have a good idea for a tag, or a more in-depth suggestion - please feel free to let us know!

Ok
Hrm... something went wrong.
Hey, bad things happen to the best of us. Don't worry, the gnomes have been dispatched. Maybe try again in a little while.

Ok

$192,083

current pledge level
Last Updated: April 1 @ 17:03 -0400 GMT

3841%

of goal
funding period ended

$0

trending toward
Trends are not projections. Read More >>

0%

of goal

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Latest News

How Will You Use Your Powercore?

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The Campaign is almost over! A huge thank you to our wonderful Backers! We have far surpassed our initial expectations for demand, raising around $185K USD at time of writing! While this is more than we expected, it is not more than we had planned... (Read More)

20x Our Funding Goal! 🎉

March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Fantastic News! We are thrilled to announce that we have surpassed our initial funding goal of $5,000 by an incredible 20x, and have now raised a total of over $100,000! This is a remarkable achievement that we could not have accomplished without the... (Read More)

Powercore Brings EDM Sheet Metal Cutting to the Desktop

March 4th - via: hackster.io
Until now, there simply wasn't any way for hobbyists to cut sheet metal at home without dedicating a lot of space to a large machine and spending a lot of money on that machine. Some low-cost CNC routers are advertised as being able to cut aluminum, but the results are almost never satisfactory. EDM solves this problem. (Read More)

Amazing First Day: Almost 3x Funding Goal Reached!

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, Wow! We are absolutely blown away by your incredible support in the first 24 hours of our campaign. Thanks to your generous contributions and enthusiasm, we have hit almost 3 times our funding goal already! We are thrilled to see that... (Read More)

If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!