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Frequently asked questions

How does the $300 grant work?

You’ll be given an HCB grant. ALL purchases you need funded by HQ must fit within this HCB grant, including taxes and shipping.

Can I use parts I already have?

You can! The only requirement I ask is that you keep the total value of your printer under $500 USD, excluding printed parts. This is to make it somewhat accessible to other hack clubbers!

Can I work with a team?

You can! Several limitations:

  • If both of you want a travel stipend, each of you must put in at least 125+ hours of work. Log your time in written updates
  • Your budget is still limited to $300 USD for the entire device

Do I need a 3D printer to try this?

You don’t! However it is incredibly hard to do so without a printer so I highly, highly recommend you have a 3D printer by the time your parts arrive. You’ll need it to iterate and modify your design quickly, since it’s not going to work on the first try. Trust me

How are hours tracked?

Written updates! Here’s what to do:

  • Make a repository for your printer on your account
  • Create a file called JOURNAL.md, LOGS.md, or pretty much whatever you want to call it!
  • Get the URL to that file. Edit the config.yaml file of this website to add your printer to the list!
  • Within 30 minutes, your journal will automagically be added to the website! Automation by yours truly.

Reminder to NOT reference static assets in your markdown file. Please use #cdn in the slack and paste links there instead! Otherwise the entire verce deployment will break and I’ll have to hunt you down :peefest:

Do I need to have written updates on the website?

Yup! This is for a couple reasons:

  • Logging your time & verifying it
  • Sharing your progress with other people so that everyone can see where each other is at
  • But also..

Take it from someone who’s built a printer themselves - it’s really, really nice to have a log to look back on your journey. I started doing it on a whim for Neutrino, but once I was done it was by far the favourite thing I did outside of designing the printer itself.