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A 3D Printer for $450 - interested?

Jan 30, 2013 6:49 AM

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1682938109/robo-3d-printer

This is just one of those things I know at least a few other Wooters would be interested in.. and something I'm SUPER STOKED about! YAARR!! SNAP INTO A SLIMJIM!

I've been watching Kickstarter and all of the other start-up websites for probably the last year+ religiously, checking for a 3D printer that was cheap enough to afford, had a decent size build table and was decent quality.. I don't know as much about 3D printers as some people out there, but when I saw this I jumped on it.. so I had to share :)

This thing is about $1200 cheaper than it's nearest competitor, 100x better looking than other 3D printers AND the icing on the cake: It's extremely high quality

drchops drchops

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The comparison says $520 but it's cheaper if you get in on the Kickstarter

Here's a couple of examples too, forgot that..

drchops drchops
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yeah, I heard about this project on the radio about a month ago. Supposedly the price will be going down a lot more within 2 years, comparable to the price of a typical laser printer.

kamikazeken kamikazeken
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I've been following the Makerbot project and both of these are so much cheaper than the MakerBot Replicator 2X

http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2x.html

cengland0 cengland0
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Like all printers, i bet they will get you on the consumables (printer ink).
But still cool.

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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I see the difference between the one I've been looking at and these cheaper models now. They are both single extruder models. So if you want to create something with multiple colors, you still need the replicator2x.

cengland0 cengland0
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I sponsored one fully built and calibrated with ABS support. This is a great deal for starters.

dhillinmkewi dhillinmkewi
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@caffeine_dude: I saw this thing the other day. I also saw another one that looks a bit nicer and seems to be more well thought out. Anyway, you'll be able to take all that recycleable plastic and make your own refills. That's what's great about quasi open-source stuff like this, not great for business but great for end-users.

zuiquan zuiquan
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@kamikazeken: Yeah, the price has gone down pretty consistently.. this is by far the best bang for buck I've seen..

@dhillinmkewi: I'm in for an un-built ABS if I can scrape the money together.. close, but Republic Wireless still owes me money - they've been holding on to $300-600 of my and a few hundred/thousand other peoples money for the last 2+ months.

@cengland0: What printer have you been checking out? I'd love dual heads, but it's not really a priority.. I'll mostly be using mine for prototyping and utilitarian [ugly] stuff :). If you're looking for a (single color) professional stereolith the Form1 seem to be a good option http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/formlabs/form-1-an-affordable-professional-3d-printer

drchops drchops
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@zuiquan: No way! That would be so cool.
I can see it now.....
Hey woot users who has a printer check out what I made.
Woot users download and print an awesome statue, toy or something.

Now the non woot user side of this edited for woot...
You wanna see how big it is? Print it.
Hint for the clueless: women do not have it.

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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Oh the things I could print out...

joshobra joshobra

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