Hardware Podcasts

Ep. 4 - Launching the Longmill - ft. Chris from Sienci Labs

Open Hardware Manufacturing Podcast · 14 Sept 2023 · 1h 49m

What this episode covers

Chris Thurlgood, cofounder and CTO of Sienci Labs, explains how he and cofounder Andy built the open source LongMill CNC machine starting from their University of Waterloo student housing. He details the company's journey from two successful Kickstarter campaigns to scaling production, including the critical pivot to the LongMill after a near-bankruptcy caused by poor sales of the original Mill One. Chris also discusses the strategic decision to hire software developers to create G-Cender, an open source G-code sender, to improve the user experience and drive hardware sales.

Most relevant to

founders before launch and companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Sienci Labs, Reprap
Products
LongMill, Mill One, G-Cender, Universal G-code Sender, Ender 3, Prusa Mini, Shapeoko
Also
Thomas Laderer, Prentice Marks

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