Printrbot

[Bob Eustace]

Cute design and simple and $540.

http://youtu.be/xfSNE4ow5zU

[scottp55]

Forgot all about TJ telling us about this at class on Weds.. Duh.http://store.shopbottools.com/collections/shopbot-labs

[scottp55]

forgot pic.

[Bob Eustace]

Sadly Scott all us plebs out in the colonies dont get the Q & A section on the videos which is a shame as it is always super interesting. Did he mention the price at all? Exciting times ahead I reckon.

[scottp55]

$794.95 is whats on the store site. Doesn't give any specs at all, Just says "contact us". Just came out last week from what TJ said.
What? You don't hoist yourself out of bed at 1AM to watch a class live? :)

[Bob Eustace]

Used to do that Scott but you never catch up on the sleep. Think we were there for the first episode - loved it and watched it in bed!

[Kyle Stapleton]

Scott click on the picture from your link and more info comes up.

[Simops]

So it's only available for the desktop.....I gather the desktop is rigid enough for the tolerances required and Buddy not????? Or some other reason?

Cheers

[scottp55]

Thanks Kyle, But it just confused me:) Not 3DPrinter interested so haven't really researched. I did like noting that the heating pad(so that's what it was:), was only needed for one filament, and the other type you have the full 24X18" bed(nice for topo's and lake depths?), but don't know pro's and con's of the filaments though. Nice that it can piggyback without affecting cutting area!
Way down the road though as we've burnt through most of our capital and on the last 20K "Slug", (I really have to watch Dad's cash and get Kirk running in the black SOON).

[scottp55]

Oops. Not sure Michael, but they did mention the Desktops resolution and I noted they were running on bare extrusion, so probably even my big box MDF spoilboard(really hating cheap uncoated MDF at this point) would mess it up? Don't know.

[Simops]

Scott.....the desktop is probably well suited for 3D printing. This something I have been following closely as it is a technology that is rapidly growing and very closely aligned with the CNC world.
Younger generations will embrace 3D printing far more closely then CNC routing! It is evolving far quicker than you think and will be in homes on a widespread basis before you know it. Industrial based 3D printing won't be in the homes and this is an area that CNC router fabricators of today will need to look at for the future!

Cheers

[wespor]

So the average print job I take on requires 10 hours to complete, I don't watch my printers closely because nothing too bad can happen and if something does go terribly wrong, odds are I can print a replacement part on different machine. If not, replacement parts are very cheap.

I would never leave my ShopBot unattended for 10 hours because a lot more could go wrong and the repairs wouldn't be cheap. Even if nothing went awry, I would never put that kind of unnecessary wear and tear on it when 3D printers are so cheap. Further more, cnc routing by the hour is far more valuable than 3D printing. I wouldn't sacrifice a minute modifying it to do anything but cut.

Not to be a downer, but just buy a 3D printer. It's a safer, more reliable, more documented, more cost effective option. The quality will be better too since all it does is print. If you are looking for the best bang for your buck, look into the TAZ 4, Ultimaker 2 or MendelMax 2. I have two TAZ 4's, they are beautiful machines and can even print exotic filaments like wood. If it's print volume you're after, look at the Gigabot, it's larger than the Desktop.

[geneb]

A plug for my favorite - the Rostock MAX v2: http://www.seemecnc.com (I write the assembly manuals for them. :) )

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