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- Monday June 2, 2014
- Location
- Veldhoven, the Netherlands
In case the issue is before the brexit: I'm interested in a Bunny (latest version)
I'm interested as well.
After looking at the bunnies for some time I tend to think that everything apart from the brass spring could be quite easily be 3d printed. would probably be a lot cheaper than machining them from billet aluminum.
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godek
Its coming soon - Kickstarter. Bunny is a great shaver.
The Bunny has Three Combs,, From Mild, Middle & Aggressive...Its a Great Shaver...I have the Bunny V 1 & V 2 That were Kindly Given to Me by Tom Some Time Ago..Out of interest how "aggressive" will it shave compared to some of the common DE razors out there? I've never owned any SE razors but I'm interested in trying one out sooner or later but I definitely prefer milder shaves.
Do you have any idea what a 3D metal printer costs? Not economically feasible. I'd imagine that even to lease one would make the cost very prohibitive as well.
No, never thought about it.
I had shapeways print me a whole TNNSER in metal.
Cost around 150€. The head made about 1/3 of this sum. I have seen a lot more expensive razors show up in the last years...
The "Bunny" has a huge hurdle ahead of it that there is not nearly the demand for injector razors nowadays.
What is MIM and O.R.E.N? and NOSv1?Exactly what made me think of using commercial 3d printing for production. No or not much initial setup cost. also scales quite well for small numbers.
I doubt that Chinese MIM is possible with the small numbers I'm guessing. Occam's uses a lot of MIM in their products. and when you look at the O.R.E.N. you can spot that they used NOS v1 and machined them to become 2 O.R.E.N.
Also the fact that Tom and Andreas teamed up to create the TNNSER 3d made me consider 3d printing. The original TNNSER had been machined from billet aluminum in the same shop the Bunny was made. Still overall design and according to gents who used both functionality have been mostly retained in the printed version.
I have no idea where the break even point is numberwise today, but in small numbers 3d printing is a lot cheaper than machining aluminum.
Anyhow, even though i prefer a 3d printable file for making it potentially cheaper and available forever, I'll also be in for the metal version (if funds allow at the time).
Having the .stl file really means spare parts are available forever.
Compare that to the multi hundred dollar DE razor that uses special glide strips. (forgot the artisan/ vendor as I don't care much for "artisan" stuff).
HTH
godek
I do respect and like tinkerers though
You meant to say 'When I go ahead...'If I go ahead and make the Bunny it will be machined from billet aluminium.
Yes "when". I will have the spring made by a proper spring maker!! The swaged "rivets" will also be replaced by grub screws to make cleaning/dismantling easier.You meant to say 'When I go ahead...'
How will you deal with the spring though?
Screws instead of rivets are a good idea. Just in case a spring deforms it could be replaced. Or removed and corrected.Yes "when". I will have the spring made by a proper spring maker!! The swaged "rivets" will also be replaced by grub screws to make cleaning/dismantling easier.
At the risk of being controversial it has to be 3 combs rather than fixed, doesn't it - otherwise it's just a poor man's Type F, and not Tom's BunnyScrews instead of rivets are a good idea. Just in case a spring deforms it could be replaced. Or removed and corrected.
Any decorations on the spring? I love those lines on the V3. Maybe a sunray pattern.
And if you do three combs they have to be engraved 'MILD', 'WILD' and 'NOTSO'. One of Tom's most inspired design choices.
But to be quite honest a single fixed comb (MILD or NOTSO) would work for me.
If you need a beta tester with plenty of Bunny experience...
The Type F was not open comb though.At the risk of being controversial it has to be 3 combs rather than fixed, doesn't it - otherwise it's just a poor man's Type F, and not Tom's Bunny