
Primo day 5 – March 4, 2014
I’ve ordered the plywood at Yvonne’s Hobby-corner. They were kind enough to sell me a piece of 50 x 50cm for the same price as 100 x 25 cm (see Day 4). My colleague will get it for me tomorrow afternoon, so I will have it by Thursday. That adds € 13,73 to the total….

Primo day 4 – March 3, 2014
I didn’t plan to do much today, but it turned out otherwise. I went to my local hardware shop to buy some plywood. Well… they don’t sell 4mm plywood, they have 3,6mm At home I started searching for 1mm and 4mm wood. I found a local timber shop which sells 4mm plywood. Unfortunately I had…

Primo day 3 – March 2, 2014
Today I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out what to do with the source files for the lasercutter. I don’t have a lot of experience with lasercutters and I also don’t have to right programs to open the DXF files. After trying some different applications (both on Linux and Windows 7) my…

Primo day 2 – March 1, 2014
Today, I spent almost the whole day (okay, I also did the groceries) looking for all the stuff I need for my own Primo set. My favourite online electronics store is Tayda. They’re cheap, have low shipping costs and are fast. And… once a month they publish a discount code on their Facebook page. So,…

Primo day 1 – February 28, 2014
Today I received the email from Primo that the source files are available! Yeah! I’ve spent an hour (it was late already) reading everything and thinking about ways to make it cheaper. *protected*