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I made and operated a MakerBot. It was fun but they oversell the idea of just hitting print and watching an object come out. It's hardly like that. In reality y
by jmitcheson 14y ago
I made and operated a MakerBot. It was fun but they oversell the idea of just hitting print and watching an object come out. It's hardly like that. In reality you have to manually fiddle around with the print head and print surface at the start of every job; some prints fail half way, etc.
Honestly we don't need cheaper open source 3d printers, we need a more reliable, better one. Show me printing something from a computer without manual intervention, and I'll buy it.
- hlfshell 14y agoYou need cheap 3d printers to lower the barrier of entry. Once this is achieved, more people are trying their hands at 3d printing. More creative/engineering minds with access to 3d printers = faster development of a more reliable 3d printer. Same thing happened to computers. Yeah, it seems the primary focus on 3d printing is lowering the cost. But trust me - there are plenty of people working on other innovations, such as multi material and rubber printing (both are available on high end models).
- bri3d 14y agoYou might not want a cheaper open-source 3D printer, but I certainly wanted one and will probably be buying in to this particular model. I'd much rather pay $500 for a slightly finicky device than $1000 for an equally finicky device (MakerBot), and for me, more than $1000 is too much to spend on a 3D printer.