Are there any free to use kicad copies of the AvE Cataractapult? (lemmy.world)

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I'm looking for a nice, one night project for a stem youth group I work with and the Cataractapult would be a nice change of pace. But...

I don't support his politics or views.
15 USD a piece is too expensive for just bare pcbs.
They aren't available anymore anyway.

If I had the files, I could just get a small pile of them made, have one for every kid and have enough left over for the club sell for fund raising.

For reference, this is what the Cataractapult is.

https://aveworkshop.myshopify.com/products/cataractapult-model-9000-retina-remover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSkLVv8q_rs

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm asking if anyone knows if there are clone pcbs anywhere.

Also, $15 is not a reasonable price for a single ~8cm by ~8cm pcb anywhere. The youth group has around 20 kids in it. I'm not pulling $300 from the club funds for something like this.

Also, how is it stealing if he's not producing them anymore anyway? I thought his politics were known by now anyway, but I dropped him when he did his little Pro "Freedom Convey" video towards the end of Covid. I later found out he taught his daughter racial slurs.

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