I have a reprap huxley, bought from reprappro. You have to assemble it yourself, but the instructions are very detailed. It's really high quality and makes beau

I have a reprap huxley, bought from reprappro. You have to assemble it yourself, but the instructions are very detailed. It's really high quality and makes beautiful prints. I can only recommend it. The downside is that it's located in Europe. You can buy them here: http://reprappro.com/ http://reprappro.com/ They also sell a bigger model (the mendel) now. If you'd rather buy an american one, I've made no first hand experience with them, but heard good things from several people about maxbots. They sell the mendelmax, which is bigger than both of reprappros models, and more sturdy because it uses an aluminium frame. Again, for under 1500, you will have to assemble it yourself: http://store.mendelmax.com/ http://store.mendelmax.com/ Disclaimer: I have not done any research on anything that isn't a reprap. I prefer RepRaps because they're open source and made from standard components, which means easy to fix yourself, and even if whoever sold you the machine goes out of business, you will still be able to replace/fix any part of it. Apparently makerbot support is good, but only if you have the latest model (or so I've read, but again, I have not done proper research, so take it with a grain of salt)