OSEDev Kit

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OSE mission is building the open source economy and not any one specific implement, therefore the primary driving force of the kit releases is to maintain a consistent release schedule and not necessarily to get specific tools/features into each kit (delays in new features/implements should not delay the releases).

There are 3 product lines:

  1. Dev Kit - Releases every 6 months.
  2. Home Kit (Assembled Dev Kit) - Releases annually in June.
  3. Shop Kit (Dev Kit + industrial tools/machines) - Releases annually in January.

Currently projected versions:

  • V0.1 is based on already existing 3D printer and filament maker designs/prototypes so the main effort will be in productizing and building out the OSE Market.
  • V0.6 does not specify the additional implements until we are closer to the deadline.
  • V1.1 is a year away and gives enough time to get at least a few more implements added to the kit. An important milestone for the Dev Kit.
  • V1.6 introduces the Home Kit line and we start selling individual parts, upgrade kits, etc.
  • V2.1 introduces the Shop Kit line.
  • 6 month release cycle for dev kit and 1 year release cycle for home/shop kits continue.

The overarching goal in this schedule is for it to be hard to fail. If we're less likely to fail then we're more likely to succeed!

Release Schedule
Due Date Dev Kit Home Kit Shop Kit Code name
01/2018 0.1 "Is it on?"
06/2018 0.6 "It's on."
01/2019 1.1 "Debut"
06/2019 1.6 1.6 "Home Run"
01/2020 2.1 2.1 "Going Big"
06/2020 2.6 2.6 TBD
01/2021 3.1 3.1 TBD
06/2021 3.6 3.6 TBD

Version: 0.1, Codename: "Is it on?", Due: January 1, 2018, MSRP: $250

Status and Progress: OSE_Dev_Kit_V0.1

Market

  1. Mainly OSE Devs and anyone else crazy enough to try it.

Product

Package contents:

  1. Extruder components.
  2. Motors.
  3. Universal Axis parts.
  4. Enough filament (x2) to print the plastic parts for the filament maker.
  5. Non-printable Filament Maker parts.
  6. Small misc. parts for printer and filament maker.
  7. OSE Stickers.
  8. Stack of OSE brochures to leave at makerspaces, etc.
  9. Welcome letter to OSE Dev: if you were contributing digitally before, now you can contribute by prototyping and building stuff as well.

Will not include:

  1. 3D Printer Frame
  2. Filament Maker Frame
  3. Anything heavy, bulky or readily available at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.

Goals

  1. Productization (sans marketing, that's v0.6)
  2. Packaging
  3. Fast to market!
  4. Happy OSE Devs
  5. Uses v0.1 of OSE Market
  6. OSE Org. and OSE Devs can make/sell the kit.

Version 0.6, Codename: "It's on.", Due: June 1, 2018, MSRP: $500

Market

  1. OSE Devs
  2. DIY people

Product

Package contents:

  1. Everything in V0.1 but refined.
  2. Parts for one or more tools/machines that are reasonably developed, tested and productized by time of V0.6 feature freeze.

Will not include:

  1. 3D Printer Frame
  2. Filament Maker Frame
  3. Frame for the new tool/machine.
  4. Anything heavy, bulky or readily available at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.

Goals

  1. Enough Marketing so that OSE Devs that want to build/sell the kits have an audience.
  2. Uses v0.6 of OSE Market.
  3. Workshops around assembling the kit.
  4. Continued productization and packaging improvements for broader audience.
  5. Welcome letter talks about joining the OSE "lifestyle" and vision and contributing back as OSE Developer.
  6. Practical instructions and business plan on how OSE Devs can participate in this release and economy surrounding it.


Version 1.1, Codename: "Debut", Due: January 1, 2019, MSRP: $1000

Market

  1. OSE Devs
  2. DIY people

Product

Package contents (again no frames or heavy/bulky parts):

  1. Everything in V0.6 but refined.
  2. Assembled/working OSE Drill if it's ready for release.
  3. All other tools/machines that are reasonably developed, tested and productized by time of V1.1 feature freeze.
  4. See Specs later in the wiki for final kit details.

Goals

  1. Marketing, marketing and more marketing:
    1. Participate fully in OSE Development.
    2. Complete, Open Source, tool chain for making things at home.
    3. Expand your freedom and creativity.
    4. OSE Dev Kit + Internet of Things = Mind Blown.
  2. Uses v1.1 of OSE Market.
  3. Continued productization and packaging improvements for broader audience.
    1. Packaging should be fully recyclable.
    2. Plastic inserts fed back into the filament maker.
  4. More emphasis on getting OSE Devs to participate in the economy and making sure they have an opportunity to earn a living.
  5. Introduce OSE Coin.


Version 1.6, Codename: "Home Run", Due: June 1, 2019, MSRP: $1000 (Dev Kit) / $2000 (Home Kit)

Market

  1. OSE Devs ($1k Dev Kit)
  2. DIY ($1k Dev Kit)
  3. Consumers ($2k Home Kit, includes all parts, assembled)

Product

$1k Dev Kit package contents (again no frames or heavy/bulky parts):

  1. Everything in V1.1 but refined.

$2k Home Kit package contents:

  1. Everything in Dev Kit is assembled, including the frames and ready to be used out of the box.
  2. OSE Consumer Linux USB stick (optimized for less tech-savvy people to print on 3D printer and interface with others tools in the kit).
  3. Booklet with ideas and projects of what can be done with all the tools in the kit.
  4. Beautiful coffee table book about OSE. (to read while you're waiting for your 3D prints to finish)
  5. Any artifacts from Open Building Institute that would make sense to include.

Goals

  1. Marketing, marketing and more marketing for the Home Kit:
    1. Experience the future today.
    2. Recycle your plastic using the filament maker and 3D printer.
    3. Recycle your aluminum cans.
    4. Reduce your carbon foot print, make/buy locally.
    5. Save money.
    6. Buying OSE Certified on the OSE Marketplace guarantees that a portion of the profit goes back into further development.
    7. Turn key solution, requires only basic handyman and computer skills.
  2. Customer support as a revenue model for OSE Devs and more robust workshops support in OSE Market.
  3. Further business development, documentation and assistance for OSE Devs.


Version 2.1, Codename: "Going Big", Due: January 1, 2020, MSRP: $1000 (Dev Kit) / $2000 (Home Kit) / $5000 (Shop Kit)

Specs and goals are tentative and to be finalized from lessons learned in releasing V1.1. This version starts the Shop Kit line which makes it possible to build the bigger tools / machines (torch table, welding, etc).

Market

  1. OSE Devs ($1k Dev Kit)
  2. DIY ($1k Dev Kit)
  3. Consumers ($2k Home Kit, includes all parts, assembled)
  4. Businesses / Farmers ($5k Shop Kit)

Product

Dev and Home Kits follow the established pattern of feature improvements and development.

$5k Shop Kit package contents:

  1. TBD

Goals

  1. Marketing, marketing and more marketing for the Shop Kit and other kits.
  2. Doubling down on business development, documentation and assistance for OSE Devs.


Base Dev Kit Specifications

  1. MSRP: $1,000.00
    1. ~$500 in raw materials and ~$500 in labor/profit to OSE Devs building/selling/servicing kits locally/globally
    2. Just two kits built and sold per week nets ~$4k per month in income, not including income from servicing, support, workshops, etc.
  2. The kit must be able to:
    1. Replicate itself.
    2. Make any of OSE small portable tools (the ose drill platform and accessories, TBD).
    3. OSE Dev Kit + portable tools (drill, grinder, etc) should let you make any of the tools for making the bigger tools/machines (welder, torch table, home appliances, etc).
  3. OSE Organization will stay at the forefront of design/development and sell experimental/new versions of the kits, while all other Devs would be encouraged to sell the stable, proven and documented versions.
  4. The same Dev Kit should be useable by consumers once assembled (Home Kit) to produce what they need and by OSE Devs for ongoing development. Devs should be eating their own dog food.


Detailed Specification

Contents

Dev/Home Kit

Note; kit provides "vitamins" as in RepRap, and rest is bootstrapped by the OSE Developer. With access to filament maker, a significant infrastructure can be built to bootstrap from zero. Drill press drills holes in steel plates such as reinforcement of CNC torch table carriage (metal-plastic-metal sandwich = MPM). MPM technique can produce powerful tools at extremely low cost with access to filemt maker

  1. 3D Printer
  2. Power adapter
  3. Filament maker
  4. diode laser tool headfor cutting cardboard for prototyping. For example, a brick press can be made from sheet just like we do it now from metal sheet
  5. Circuit Mill - makes power supplies
  6. Coil winding jig - makes electric motors and solenoids
  7. Need to figure this out.
  8. Open source 3D printed cordless drill

Shop Kit

  1. 3D printed drill press for cordless drill
  2. Bootstrapped CNC torch table (without torch - this can be as low as
  3. PV panel for 100% solar operation
  4. Micro power cube for hydraulic power ($109 if driven by cordless drill
  5. MIG welder power supply
  6. MIG casting apparatus
  7. Paste extruder for 3D printer for making casting molds of ceramic
  8. Small pottery oven to produce ceramic parts


Use Case Evolution

Buy: Dev Kit

The Dev Kit is the starting point to all future development. A Dev Kit can make more Dev Kits and with significant effort even the Shop Kit.

  1. Electric Motor Winder / Maker, Stepper motor (needed for 3D Printer)
  2. Cordless Power Tool Construction Set
  3. Arduino clone microcontrolers
  4. Power adapter - buck converter
  5. small car adapter inverter
  6. Mini-lathe (to be able to make the drill)
  7. Battery packs for portable tools
  8. Easy/fun things to start making:
    1. Pen/Pencil (or something to mark measurements with)
    2. Measuring tape - CNC laser diode engraves a strip of metal
  9. 3D Printed Containers:
    1. Small Bucket
    2. Nuts/Bolts, seed, etc. organizer trays
    3. aquaponic towers
  10. Another Dev Kit.
  11. Basic Shop Kit with significant effort.

Buy/Build: Shop Kit

The Shop Kit includes tools needed to start making larger machines / tools.

  1. Make other Dev Kits or Shops Kits on larger scale, with more automation and higher quality.
  2. Welder
  3. Torch and Torch Table
  4. Arm/Robot
  5. Solar panels
  6. Water pump
  7. Home appliances:
    1. Water heater
    2. Refrigerator
    3. Washing machine
    4. Washer and drier
    5. Simple stovetop
    6. Oven, full size range.
    7. Heating / Cooling
  8. Everything for home and greenhouse sans heavy equipment:
    1. Door knobs, hinges, locks.
    2. Pipes, fittings.
    3. Toilet (what are options for making a toilet? probably OSE Dev just needs to enable making a cast for ceramic toilet?)
    4. Sink, faucet, water flow knobs.
  9. Agriculture / Construction:
    1. Tractor
    2. Backhoe
  10. Transportation
    1. Car
    2. Truck

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