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That really sucks that the price increased. I've been waiting patiently for years for the price to come down. Btw I don't think it actually made that platic ra
by tocomment 16y ago
That really sucks that the price increased. I've been waiting patiently for years for the price to come down.
Btw I don't think it actually made that platic rabbit in the picture. I've seen things the reprap has made and that rabbit is way too advanced looking. Anyone know?
- beagle3 16y agoThe price for the cupcake CNC (previous model) HAS come down while supplies last -- you can get it really cheap. The Thing-O-Matic is a new, much improved model. I believe it made the rabbit; I've seen similar things made by cupcake, and thing-o-matic is supposed to be even more preceise. And last but not least -- it's all open source. Build one yourself if you think the price is too high. I think their profit margin is very reasonable, and if you try to build one from scratch it is probably going to cost you at least as much in bill-of-materials-and-lasercutting alone.
- tocomment 16y agoI was implying they were marking it up too much. I just wish someone would figure out a cheaper way to make 3D printers. Alas, I have no ideas.
- steveklabnik 16y agoThe plans are all open source, if you think the markup isn't worth it, you can put it together yourself. http://wiki.makerbot.com/cupcake http://wiki.makerbot.com/cupcake
- kiba 16y agoIt's cheaper than anything else.
- tocomment 16y agoThat was a typo sorry. I meant to write "I wasn't implying"
- gonzo 16y agoVideo of the thing-o-matic printing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVKzRJJh7t8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVKzRJJh7t8