Magic Sorter custom enhancement 

This is a great question. I bought this me used in non working condition. I cannot speak for how a brand new one would work. In the experience I have had it seemed cheaply made at first. Now that I’ve dive into it and understand its functionality a lot more I appreciate it. There were some Pi Ethernet and Pi camera issues that became known to be manufacturer issues not from the sorter manufacturer. They sent me the updated Pi Ethernet and Pi camera for me to install. It didn’t immediately fix the issues I was experiencing, or so I thought.. Just this evening I was able to successfully run this machine for 2.5 hours and it sorted 485 cards without any problems. So I reloaded it with 800 cards and set it to sort again. So far it has been working perfectly on a reload and no rebooting. I can’t say if it is too early to buy one yet. I have a brand new one on order that I placed before I found this one. I want to test the new one then offer an opinion. I will say this, if you do not like tinkering with stuff then this would not be a good solution for your needs. I like building and tearing down electronics like this because it’s fascinating to me. I can see why people would not like it. Folks looking to start using a device like this and expecting it to work flawlessly may be unsatisfied with this machine. I think for its simplicity and price it’s exactly what I want. I don’t mind the initial tinkering. Overall I am happy with it.

@@RenaissanceGameSupply thank for the detailed answer! I do not mind tinkering at all! I’m a full time engineer but electronics/coding aren’t my strong suit lol. Any other issues? Does this treat the cards well with little to no damage ?

@@Fernando_FSG at the moment I notice the XYZ axis movement of the arm does have a few spots where it strikes the card against the 3D printed card pockets. I’m currently sorting 1994-1996 era cards that are DM/HP anyway. So for me this is a non issue at the moment. However, there are some folks on the official user Facebook group who have 3D printed a much nicer card pocket. These are typically $30 for a row. The current or stock pocket consists of 4 thin plastic towers, so to speak. The problem with these is the robot arm can strike these or the card scrapes against these if the arm is not calibrated properly. You can fix the calibration easily enough by adjusting those settings. The newer pockets are designed to hold the corners of the cards, not the top/bottom, and the sides of the cards. I think it’s a wonderful upgrade. I cannot recall if the.stl file is public or not for this part. That is a great question for the official user group. I plan to upgrade all 30 card pockets to the corner versions once I am more comfortable with the continued success of the sorter. I don’t want to waste the $ if it can’t sort properly as is. I hope this helps.