Another 3D Printer Thread List...

• Another 3D Printer Thread List...
  Posted by Mechatrommer on 13 Oct, 2012 21:32
• just looking after watching that http://www.pp3dp.com $1499 3d printer... googling "cheapest 3d printer"...
  1) http://www.solidoodle.com/ mentioned in hackaday... $499
  2) http://www.mbot3d.com kit is $669 is out of stock, but there's another line $699-$999
  3) http://printrbot.com/ looks crappy, but still 3d printer $399-$549
  4) http://www.3dstuffmaker.com/ $550-$2450
  to name a few. anyone bought one? recommendation? soliddoodle looks solid and cheap. i wonder if they sell international.
  
• #1 Reply
  Posted by SoftwareSamurai on 13 Oct, 2012 22:04
• What about Form 1?
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  Posted by FenderBender on 13 Oct, 2012 23:03
• Quote from: SoftwareSamurai on 13 Oct, 2012 22:04

  What about Form 1?
  

  
  That looks pretty sweet if that becomes a reality soon.
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  Posted by GeoffS on 14 Oct, 2012 05:47
• I liked the Ord Bot Hadron so much that I bought one! ($899)
  
  The mechanics are assembled and the electronics arrived on Friday. I've had a busy weekend with a birthday party and wedding (neither mine) so only had chance to open the package today. It's missing the end stop switches so that will be another weeks delay for the seller to send me some.
  
  Mine looks slightly different than the attached photo in that the extruder mount is now blue anodised aluminium.

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  Posted by Mechatrommer on 14 Oct, 2012 07:29
• i wonder how the extruder works? using heat or something? and what kind of abs material used? is it strong enough say i want to build a gear how much shear force it can withstand before it breaks. is there tensile, compressive, shear strength datasheet for this abs material?
  
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  Posted by GeoffS on 14 Oct, 2012 08:25
• The extruders all work pretty much the same. There's the 'hot end' which is a small aluminium block that has a heater element and a thermistor inside it. Through this there's a  metal tube which has a small hole (0.3mm or so) at the end. This heats the ABS or PLA filiment to melting point. Behind the hot end is a stepper motor that clamps on the filament to drive it through the hot end.
  As far as materials go, you'd have to research the properties of ABS to see it it was suitable for your application. As far as I know, the extrusion and build process doesn't alter ABS in any way (except for melting it of course).
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  Posted by Magicmushroom666 on 14 Oct, 2012 09:00
• I'm currently awaing one of these babies:
  http://www.indiegogo.com/RostockMAX?c=home
  
  Was going to get a solidoodle, but the waiting list is never ending, and there's so many tales on their forum of people waiting 4 months for their printer...
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  Posted by jeremy on 15 Oct, 2012 03:04
• I have a makergear M2. It's nuts (in the good way).
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  Posted by Mechatrommer on 22 May, 2014 22:39
• i finally ended buying one of this... http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/3D-Printer-Aurora-Z605-Replicator-Machine-PLA-ABS-for-3d-printing-DIY-KIT-/161276665770?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item258cd69faa#ht_1636wt_1125
  kinda prusa i3 clone, board based on sanguinololu melzi http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Melzi FW is marlin (need modification and re-flash to calibrate). fire the OSHW repetier-host and the slicer, well... with 2kg abs free, first test print output like that, and potentially of many weeks saved just to find a linear bearing or screw drive shaft, imho its worth the money, what do they expect from a DIY kit?

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  Posted by marmad on 22 May, 2014 22:42
• Quote from: Mechatrommer on 22 May, 2014 22:39

  i finally ended buying one of this... http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/3D-Printer-Aurora-Z605-Replicator-Machine-PLA-ABS-for-3d-printing-DIY-KIT-/161276665770?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item258cd69faa#ht_1636wt_1125
  kinda prusa i3 clone, board based on sanguinololu melzi http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Melzi, FW is marlin (need modification and re-flash to calibrate). fire the OSHW repetier-host and the slicer, well... with 2kg abs free, first test print output like that, and potentially of many weeks saved just to find a linear bearing or screw drive shaft, imho its worth the money. what do you expect from a DIY kit?
  

  
  Cool..... me jealous.
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  Posted by Mechatrommer on 22 May, 2014 22:56
• what do you jealous about $500+ printer? there are more expensive one out there that i believe can perform better, heh. i'm thinking post-printing touch on the jagged surface is needed, sanding or "heat gun" fondling or somesort, for better result... i guess.
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  Posted by TheBorg on 22 May, 2014 22:58
• I've heard great things about the Rostock printer (and their support is amazing- check their forum!), as well as Kossel and mini Kossel printers.
  SeeMeCNC is coming wont with an updated Rostock I believe, and launched the Orion a couple months ago (some $1099 assembled or something).
  Delta all the way, baby!
• #12 Reply
  Posted by marmad on 22 May, 2014 23:00
• Quote from: Mechatrommer on 22 May, 2014 22:56

  what do you jealous about $500+ printer? there are more expensive one out there that i believe can perform better, heh. i'm thinking post-printing touch on the jagged surface is needed, sanding or "heat gun" fondling or somesort, for better result... i guess.
  

  
  Just can't afford it at the moment... even though I want it. 
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  Posted by miguelvp on 05 Aug, 2014 02:49
• Yeah, I could have opened another thread and it probably deserves it's own thread:
  
  http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/man-3d-prints-castle-back-garden-using-concrete-printer-he-invented-1459223
  
  The video doesn't show printing the larger structure, seems more like a proof of concept video, but the pictures shows a bigger scale print.
  Also on the article it's mentioned that an Slovenian firm will be able to print 144 sq m structures. Also note that a company in China is building 200 sq m structures, but there are more like shells using premade parts
  
  http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?2655-3D-Printed-Concrete-Homes-In-China-From-WinSun
  
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  Posted by ncoonrod14 on 05 Aug, 2014 14:27
• I ordered a QU-BD two up a few weeks ago. It's got pretty good specs for the price,
  
  50 micron resolution (Same as Makerbot)
  175x175x125 mm print area
  
  It was something like $380 with the heated bed. Who knows, might be a be a piece of crap but for the price I thought it was worth a shot.
  We'll see I guess. For $200 less than the Simple Metal Kit and with double the resolution and a similar build area it seems pretty competitive.
  Also uses a fairly common board (The Printrboard I believe) which has lots of support and could easily be upgraded. 
  
  Here's a link if anyone's interested: http://store.quintessentialuniversalbuildingdevice.com/product.php?id_product=145
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  Posted by Galenbo on 05 Aug, 2014 16:40
• Quote from: Mechatrommer on 14 Oct, 2012 07:29

  i wonder how the extruder works? using heat or something? and what kind of abs material used?
  

  
  
  
  

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  Posted by BloodyCactus on 05 Aug, 2014 17:17
• i have a lulzbot taz and its awesome.
  
  beward solidoodle QA is non existant, you get better quality from china than a usa made solidoodle.
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  Posted by free_electron on 05 Aug, 2014 17:29
• ObJET  no tuning, no mucking about calibrating , push one button and go. works like a champ !
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  Posted by garryforster on 21 Oct, 2014 09:33
• If you need an affordable 3D printer, you can buy it from 3DStuffMaker. They have the best 3D printers online when compared to price and performance.