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3d printer coming out soon, $1300 Endless possibilities
ChadTower:
It is going to suck when every paper jam costs you $15.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 02, 2012, 02:35:16 pm ---It is going to suck when every paper jam costs you $15.
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Heh, I've had them cost a lot more than that on a large format 2D printer. But, it'll probably be easier to recover on these as the layers are so thin that it might not be a deal breaker for the part (depending on the use) if one of the layers in the middle are a little bunged.
SammyWI:
The UP! printer looks interesting. Although they do charge $100 shipping - kind of a kick to the nards. I also notice some ABS plastic filament sellers say their product is not recommended for the UP!. I wonder what the issue is. I've seen a lot of talk about needing to tweak settings between different sources of ABS or even different colors. If these ready built printers don't have many adjustments available in their software, you may be stuck with only OEM plastic at whatever cost that may be.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: SammyWI on April 02, 2012, 08:07:55 pm ---The UP! printer looks interesting. Although they do charge $100 shipping - kind of a kick to the nards. I also notice some ABS plastic filament sellers say their product is not recommended for the UP!. I wonder what the issue is. I've seen a lot of talk about needing to tweak settings between different sources of ABS or even different colors. If these ready built printers don't have many adjustments available in their software, you may be stuck with only OEM plastic at whatever cost that may be.
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It looks like the UP! machines are of Chinese origin, and ship directly. The factory home page looks like it is here. The prices are a little lower, but the shipping is higher as it is coming from China. There is a forum on the site where some of this filament compatibility is discussed, and it may be a case of temperature, and filament uniformity. With a couple of exceptions, users seem to have good success with filament from other sources. The machines have undergone an upgrade recently which removed the temp control pot from the mainboard. It's still up in the air as to whether it was made to be a fixed temp, or replaced with a digital pot which can control temp through software. If the latter, the function hasn't yet shown up in the software, so there is a bit of concern about this. Regardless, I'm guessing a bit of modification through the addition of an external temp control would give users a much better control over the material than even the original setup, but it may already be there waiting for software integration. I guess we'll find out eventually.
kahlid74:
You all gotta get on kickstarter! That's where Printrbot started a while ago. Getting closer to Affordable 3d printing at home.
Here's the original Kickstarter page - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printrbot/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer. His goal was $25,000, he raised $830,000. Talk about there being a decent demand for 3d printing at an affordable price! His page is below where you can buy one.
http://printrbot.com/
$549 for a 5x5 surface
$699 for a 8x8 surface
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