"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
11/29/2014 at 11:15 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
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If so, I have a few questions about it...
Firstly, how expensive is it to run? Like how much stuff do you usually get out of each thing of resin/filament? (and also, which of those is the best in terms of cost and quality)
Second, how precise is it? I want to print some RC/slot car parts, and those would need to be pretty spot-on in order to work right.
Also, do they always leave a bunch of gunk that needs to be sanded off? Another thing I want to do is make custom board game pieces, and those will be super tiny and stuff, so yeah.
Finally, do you have any sub-$400 recommendations?
Funktheduck
> Rainbow
11/29/2014 at 11:29 |
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I know a little but have never used one. The cheapest ones I know of are in the $1000 range. For example dremel now makes one. All the examples I've seen have required post printing touch up work. I looked into getting one a few years ago but they were out of my budget. Prices have dropped though.
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Rainbow
> Funktheduck
11/29/2014 at 11:47 |
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Prices have dropped drastically. There's one still in development that's going to sell for just $100, and others that exist already can be found as low as $250 brand new.
Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
> Rainbow
11/29/2014 at 11:48 |
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The major factors for cost in no particular order are material used, build size, heated bed, some assembly required vs turn key. Most "home" or for that matter "school" grade solutions use PLA or ABS and depending on what you are trying to print that may not actually matter. Many of the cheaper solutions make their money on material (think printer cartridges).
Personally I've used a Cube 3d (Gen 2), its a turnkey solution with a heated bed. Its about $600 at this point and the build size is around 6 inches on side.
The school I teach at has a Makerbot with a larger build area but that is way out of your price range. I think the only thing you are going to find in your price range is one of the kits but do some research some of them are garbage for quality, be especially careful as many of them use acrylic as the structure material of choice.
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Funktheduck
> Rainbow
11/29/2014 at 11:52 |
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Wow. I guess it's time for me to start lookin again
ToyDeathbot
> Rainbow
11/29/2014 at 14:58 |
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I'm currently building a RepRap Prusa Mendel. It's been an on off situation for 2 years now, so the newer iterations are actually quite. Price wise, it's was around $400 for parts and some blood 'n sweat. I guess that's the beauty of open source though, you can build from a cheap generic model, then upgrade your printer while you go. I'm currently using PLA filment right now. It's slightly more brittle than PLA, but since I'm still trying things out here and there, I can just dump it in the compost when I'm done with it.
that white part in the background was printed from the printer itself. This Yoda bust weighed 42 grams, which is a rather small chuck of my 2 kg roll.
If you and a good cheap printer that you want to try building, go for the Prusa i3 or any variant of the Printrbot. Delta printers are on the rise right now, but I still think they are in the experimental stage. And umm, commercial printers are way overpriced for what you are getting...
gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun
> Rainbow
11/29/2014 at 21:41 |
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Anything printing in resin will be at least 10x your budget