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Makerbot announces new 3D printer: Replicator 2
- mbrameld 14y agoYoutube is telling me the video is private.
- iamwil 14y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emt8LJSXry0&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emt8LJSXry0&feature=youtu...
- kiba 14y agoI do not know why makerbots keep getting more expensive than the next. I thought with advances in tech, they would get cheaper and eventually I would be able to afford one. What the heck are they thinking?
- mtgx 14y agoMuch more detailed printing, more efficient, faster, I would assume.
- kiba 14y agoAll of which doesn't necessary mean that their 3D printer they're selling have to be expensive. They could have keep the spec of their first generation and try to figure out how to make it cheaper over time without losing quality.
- HeyLaughingBoy 14y agoAsk yourself what their incentive is to make it cheaper. The market probably won't increase by much with a slightly lower cost, but it increases considerably when you improve the capability. For many people, a e.g., 30% larger work envelope along with a smaller feature size can be worth 200% higher cost. Then again, I'm comparing it to milling machines and lathes; perhaps the market for low end 3D printing is sufficiently different that what I know doesn't apply.
- fotbr 14y agoI'm just happy to see they've moved away from a hacked-together plywood and screws case and have switched to metal. They've finally discovered that some things are better made if you get away from the limitations of low-end laser cutters. That said, I think it was stupid of them to drop the kit versions of their printers, which more people could actually afford, although this is coming from someone in a "fly-over" state, where a mortgage payment on a nice house in the 'burbs is less than half the replicator2 cost. I suppose if you live someplace where the cost of living is much higher (New York City, for example), then spending $2k+ on a toy isn't really a big deal.
- stcredzero 14y agoTake a look at a "Type A" - $1200 fully assembled. http://typeamachines.com/details http://typeamachines.com/details Disclosure - don't work for them, but I've met them at Noisebridge and perused the design. I've also built my own 3D printer, so I know a little about these things. The Type A design is a very good design! It's built for low moving head mass, thus high printing speed, but without the disadvantages of a Bowden cable.
- jedahan 14y ago+1 for specs, price, design, originality -1 for closed source
- stcredzero 14y agoActually, when I met him at Noisebridge, Andrew gave me permission to do a knock-off machine designed to be cut on smaller bed laser cutters. I think the design is open, but not on the website.
- fotbr 14y agoNot a bad machine, still uses the laser-cut-plywood and screws approach that I don't particularly like. I also went the build-my-own route because about the time my "buy silly toys" fund was up to where I could buy one, anything with a useable build envelope had a price increase pushing it beyond what I wanted to spend, and I wasn't really happy with the designs -- I really don't like that plywood & screw style construction. Using my own design allowed me to get away from those issues.
- libraryatnight 14y agoWhen I saw this announcement my instant hope was, "Maybe it's one in my price range!" My excitement was sapped fairly quickly. I think it's neat they're offering more advanced machines, but I'd also like to see them release a budget model.
- tisme 14y agoThis is a budget model. Think about it: you're getting absolutely amazing machinery, the stuff of science fiction not all that long ago for a little more than $2000. It is incredible. I understand that your price range is lower than this but this is a tool not a toy, and as a tool with this kind of capability it is absolutely dirt cheap.
- bduerst 14y agoFrom what other people have said in this thread, there are more affordable options for hobbyists. This comes of as being more of a semi-professional grade.
- libraryatnight 14y agoI actually agree. While I wish it was more accessible to someone like me, I do feel like - for those who can afford it - it's an amazing purchase and well worth it. It's like when I was much younger and CD burners were released. I didn't have a job then, I was a kid, but had I had that kind of money I would have gladly purchased the CD burner and felt like I was paying a fair price for an amazing piece of technology. But, I still hoped they would make affordable models sooner than later. I think after reading about the Kickstarter, where the gentleman was being praised by some and chastised by others for deliberately trying to undercut makerbots, and reading about some of the other less expensive options, that maybe Makerbot would be trying to start lowering costs with new models. It's great that instead they've scaled up quality and performance, but still disappointing to the kid in me waiting for a CD burner. So maybe "budget model," is poor terminology? Perhaps what I'm hoping and waiting for is it to reach the diffusion point in technological change? It seems to have already begun, as there are less expensive options, but eventually I'd like to a reputable name like Makerbot putting out sturdy models most people can afford.
- ajross 14y agoWith Cupcake -> Replicator -> Replicator 2 the devices are getting physically larger and more capable. Larger machines are more expensive to manufacture and assemble, and this is still a small-volume, mostly hand-assembled (in Manhattan! {edit: sorry, Brooklyn. I misremembered.}) industry. If you want a 3D printer and cash is an issue, look to building your own Reprap. Assuming you get it right the first time and don't need to buy tools, a total cost of under $500 for a Prusa Mendel is achievable. Obviously you have to build it, but given the target market that's often not a problem. Most people who want to build 3D printed stuff are generally happy to assemble robots too.
- maratd 14y ago> If you want a 3D printer and cash is an issue, look to building your own Reprap. Or you can just buy a Solidoodle. I did. http://store.solidoodle.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=56 http://store.solidoodle.com/index.php?route=product/product&...
- ajross 14y agoGreat link, thanks. My reprap-fu is a year stale and I hadn't noticed these guys. Seems like it's the printer the Cupcake should have been.
- bri3d 14y agoI can firmly recommend the Solidoodle 2 - it came fully assembled about a month ago for just about what my housemate's RepRap Prusa Mendel cost him to build last year, and is only slightly less capable (mostly in that the build area is a bit smaller).
- ratsbane 14y agoMe too. My Solidoodle 2 arrived last week and I've kept it busy. So far I'm very pleased. The Makerbot 2 does look very nice and I like the high resolution and larger build area - but I'm holding out for one with dual extruders.
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- tibbon 14y agoI'm guessing they are using more precision parts each time, which are a major step forward, but definitely still not cheaper.
- forgottenpaswrd 14y agoYou can make your RepRap for $400. I know because I did it. Very useful, but the material cost is too high. The main change in the recent future are not the printers, but the "personal filamnet extruders" that are appearing now that will make material cost drop 10X when they are improved.
- enraged_camel 14y ago3D printers are still several years away from regular consumers.
- leot 14y agoReally? Remember how much most computers used to cost?
- ceejayoz 14y agoThey took several years to become affordable, too. What exactly are you disputing?
- wtallis 14y agoPersonal computers were thousands of dollars in the '80s, and didn't drop below $1k until after they were mainstream. If you account for inflation, this MakerBot is cheaper than desktop computers were in the early to mid '90s. If it's perceived as a useful tool, then the current price is already low enough to not prevent widespread adoption.
- enraged_camel 14y agoWhat I meant above is that currently it's perceived as a hobbyist device. It's not a necessity, or even something that improves one's efficiency and quality of life (like the computer is/was). I might become interested once I'm able to pay for and download the new iPhone model and print myself one, instead of ordering one online or waiting in line for it. :)
- ChuckMcM 14y agoI was thinking the same thing, you need to define "regular consumer" of course. My Mom could have bought an Altair 8800 for $1,000 but there really wasn't any reason too, and she didn't buy a PC when it was $3,000 either because she didn't need one. These days though she can't live without her $1,000 laptop. I've got a Replicator, helped build a Cupcake when Bre and company were just starting their kit business, and used the Z machine a bit at Google as well. The "reality" of 3D printing is a lot less impressive than the hype. Sure like computers before them, 3D printing will change everything. But until recently (and maybe this changes with the Rep2) you would be lucky if you could make a full set of chess pieces in one go, and if they had been made in a factory in China they would have been discarded as too inferior to send to the customer. Current 3D printing enthusiasts (and I'm one of them) see "through" the obvious defects of the current systems to the systems they can be. No 'regular' consumer would put up with a 10 hour print where the extruder head clogs in hour 9 and screws it up. But someone like me can say "I wonder what this wheel would look like on a robot, lets print one out" and having something tactile to work with. 3D printing is becoming 'real' at a relatively rapid pace, unlike some other technologies (looking at YOU OLED TVs)
- eckyptang 14y agoThat's not expensive for what it does. It really isn't. I'd buy one in a snap if I had an application. It's beyond amazingly cheap for a tool of that power. This is comparatively expensive for what it does: http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC975LL/A http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC975LL/A
- wtallis 14y agoThat's certainly an expensive laptop, but you really can't say it's comparatively expensive, since it's got more than twice the resolution of any other laptop. There is no direct comparison to be made as yet.
- eckyptang 14y agoIt's got more pixels yes, but that doesn't make it N orders of magnitude more useful.
- forgottenpaswrd 14y ago"It's got more pixels yes, but that doesn't make it N orders of magnitude more useful." FOR YOU!!. People use to believe they really are the center of the Universe, so if they don't find something useful, NOBODY does!! I know some professions in witch it certainly makes it 10*N times more useful.
- gwern 14y agoSuch as?
- eckyptang 14y agoThe only thing I can think of is medical imaging and they use windows.
- freehunter 14y agoI've noticed an increase in immature sounding posts on HN lately. Isn't school back in session yet? What (or witch?) profession finds it 10x more useful to have a laptop with a higher pixel count but still a standard, unimpressive effective resolution?
- VMG 14y agoAre regular consumers the target market or businesses? If I bought one I'd think about how I could make money off it - a high-quality, reliable $2k machine would be more desirable than a less powerful $500 product.
- anigbrowl 14y agoThere's a similar problem with vehicles, which was especially apparent when the financial crisis hit: many manufacturers use efficiency improvements to add features rather than lower costs. It makes perfect sense for a company that sees itself as a supplier to small manufacturing businesses, but it's counter-productive if one's goal is to reach consumers or expand market (rather than just market share).
- mmanfrin 14y agoCan someone summarize the differences for those of us who can't watch videos?
- md224 14y agonot sure if this helps, but you can find more information here: http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html
- iamwil 14y agoThey announced 4 things: 1) Makerbot replicator 2 ($2200): http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html The new makerbot replicator is in all black, and the casing seems to be made of metal. They've also moved from ABS plastic to PLA plastic, as ABS tends to shrink when cooled, and as a result, it's easier to get failed prints that curled off the platform or cracked with ABS. It's got a slightly bigger build volume, and the default resolution is now 100 microns, rather than 270 microns in the first Replicator. I'm not sure how fast it is to print at that resolution. There's a tour here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emt8LJSXry0&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emt8LJSXry0&feature=youtu... 2) Makerbot replicator 2X ($2800) http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2x.html http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2x.html Dual headed extrusion, though in my experience, there aren't too many models that take advantage of this. They've positioned this model as something for those that 'like to tinker and be on the cutting edge'. 3) Makerware software: http://www.makerbot.com/makerware/ http://www.makerbot.com/makerware/ This is actually pretty neat, since the slicing software you use to prepare models for printing is currently really slow (skeinforge), or fast but doesn't handle all cases well (slic3r). 4) MakerBot announces new retail store: Opens at 298 Mulberry St., New York. mbot.co/1sz And I think this will help educate the public about what 3D printers can do. If this model holds up to be a no fuss printing experience, I think we might begin to see consumers thinking about getting one.
- ars 14y agoIt can only use PLA? No option for ABS? That's not a good thing - that means you can't really print functional parts with this, only demos. PLA has too low of a glass transition temperature, so parts will deform if you leave them in a car, or outdoors in the sun in the summer. Plus it starts to degrade if exposed to temperatures of around 100F especially if in a humid environment, giving it a limited lifetime. i.e. if you want to use this to print parts for your car or your computer you can't.
- thechut 14y agoApt timing for a lunch directly ahead of Maker Faire NY next week. As an owner of a Thing-o-Matic I was fairly disappointed with my Makerbot. I know people that own Replicators that were also fairly disappointed. Unless there are some significant improvements in this version of the Replicator I will not be buying my next 3D printer from Makerbot. I would much rather buy an Ultimaker or one of the several other startup printer companies that are now out there. The cost of the Replicator also runs very close to the 'home' version of many commercial 3D printers.
- bduerst 14y agoWhat were the problems you had with the Replicator I?
- thechut 14y agoQuality vs expense primarily. It had many of the same problems I experienced with my ToM. Not being able to print thin enough walls, bad overhangs, and random problems where it would just stop printing. We had (has since been replaced) one at my local hacker space and the Replicator was the but of lots of jokes. The bottom line is that it was a cool toy but never a useful tool.
- fotbr 14y agohttp://www.makerbot.com/replicator2-press-assets/ http://www.makerbot.com/replicator2-press-assets/ PDFs of the press releases for anyone who prefers to read.
- HyprMusic 14y agoI wonder if the makerbot clone will follow suit? http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/24/makerbot-clone http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/24/makerbot-clon...
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- lewisflude 14y agoHe looks and sounds a bit like Eric Wareheim from Tim & Eric.
- jenius 14y agoMaybe it's just me, but I feel like it would help them to find someone else to do their product announcements. While I'm sure that Bre is a total genius and his work is incredible, he's a very awkward presenter. That being said, this still looks amazing, and if I had lots of money and could actually use it, I'd be all over that.
- larrywright 14y agoJust a guess, but I bet his target market doesn't care. He's got pretty big name recognition with that market.
- sbierwagen 14y agoWell, some of the target market. A lot of the Reprap guys don't like him, for various boring reasons. Then again, they all build their own printers, so they wouldn't be buying from him anyway.
- halfwit 14y agoHuh, I saw him speak at a conference this past weekend and didn't think he was awkward at all.
- bestes 14y agoHe is geeky, yes, but I thought his enthusiasm and excitement were both genuine and infectious.
- replicatorblog 14y agoIf anyone is considering purchasing one, I STRONGLY recommend waiting until 9/26 when Formlabs is unveiling their system. Never been anything like it. http://www.formlabs.com/ http://www.formlabs.com/
- walrus 14y agoThat's a very unrevealing website. Do you have more information on Formlabs' device?
- replicatorblog 14y agoI have a MakerBot and love their enthusiasm. Formlabs is barely a week away, let them roll out at their own pace. Look at my profile and believe me it'll be worth the wait.
- TheAmazingIdiot 14y agoI was looking at buying a 3d printer within the week. I am price sensitive. I have budgeted 600$ (no higher). Will this device come within my budget?
- tlrobinson 14y agoIf Formlabs lives up the to hype and is only $600 I'll be very impressed. Might as well wait and see though, unless you're in a rush.
- walrus 14y agoIt's a pretty neat device. I haven't seen any others that operate like the Formlabs device does (starting with a pool of liquid and hardening the desired part out of it). Is that a new development, or has the technique been around for a while?
- timdorr 14y agoTheir AngelList profile reveals a bit more about the team: https://angel.co/formlabs https://angel.co/formlabs Looks like they're all MIT Media Lab grad students. That's probably a good sign.
- jacobian 14y agoHow strong are the PLA parts that come out of these printers? I.e. how do they compare to molded ABS or PVC?
- iamwil 14y agoIt depends on what you mean by strong. A lot of times, the strength depends as much as the structure that you're printing as it is the material. Most of these objects are printed hollow. Generally, PLA is stronger against stress, but breaks quickly, whereas ABS is less strong against stress, but bends before breaking.
- iamwil 14y agobtw, I found this link, and thought you'd find it answers your question. http://www.protoparadigm.com/blog/2012/06/3d-printer-filament-buyers-guide/ http://www.protoparadigm.com/blog/2012/06/3d-printer-filamen...
- motters 14y agoLooks nice, but I think I'd only buy something that expensive if I could make a good business case for using it.
- timdorr 14y agoMost of us here are in software. But if you're in hardware, this might be significantly cheaper and/or faster than working with a plastics fabricator for creating simple prototypes. I know of one company here in Atlanta that will probably jump on this thing right away.
- ajwinn 14y agoWhat do you think the company in Atlanta will use it for? I mean, who are the users that need things printed in plastic? Architects maybe? People who want custom desktop toys? I have a 3d printer on the way and I'm trying to think of how I could make money off of it.
- SpikeDad 14y agoGuess we're further away with a 3D printer being able to print itself. Thank goodness - what a stupid goal. This new version is 10x better than the last for only a small increase in the price. Still too much for the average person but someone with some production capacity will bring this sort of device down in price.
- jlgreco 14y agoHave Makerbot printers ever had the immediate goal of being self-hosting? That is the RepRap project's thing as far as I know, not Makerbot's.
- andr3w321 14y agoWhat useful things are people actually using 3d printers for? Yes, I've heard all the hype about prototyping and you can print "anything". But honestly whenever I look at things people are printing its just a bunch of cheap looking plastic toys I would never want. Convince me I need one of these!
- lwat 14y agoI have access to a decent-ish 3d printer and after several months I still don't haven't had any practical use for it.
- iamwil 14y agoThat may be due to a lack of imagination. I've made $500 contracting a short 18 hour gig designing enclosures. I've made shelving. I've made chess sets. I've made heart gears that delighted others. I've made spool rollers, and desktop ornaments.
- ajwinn 14y agoJust out of curiosity - enclosures for what? Hard drives or something? Did you also sell the shelving, chess sets, heart gears, spool rollers (for spools of filament?), and desktop ornaments? I've got a Printrbot on the way, and I'm interested how people are using these things to make money.
- lwat 14y agoI guess as an aspiring minimalist I just don't care for chess sets or desk ornaments.
- iamwil 14y agoThose were just examples. I'm just pointing out that it's a problem with imagination, not ability.
- iamwil 14y agoNo one can really convince you. You need bring your imagination along to see beyond what is currently possible to what will be possible.
- mellis 14y agoAnyone heard anything about whether the new hardware and software will be open-source? It would be a shame if MakerBot's continued success and growth come at the expense of openness.
- jeffgreco 14y agoHackaday mentioned that it would be closed-source: http://hackaday.com/2012/09/19/introducing-the-makerbot-replicator-2/ http://hackaday.com/2012/09/19/introducing-the-makerbot-repl...
- samroesch 14y agoHackaday mentioned that there are rumours that it will be closed source.
- rpd9803 14y agoGuess all that VC money came with a hefty pricetag for the community.
- jedahan 14y agoActually the VCs are shitting their pants as MakerBot sheds its first and second most valuable resources - good employees and the community. Though I thought the same thing when I heard some of the most recent decisions.
- lancewiggs 14y agoI went shopping at Makerbot, added the Replicator 2 to the cart, selected some of the only resin left and added that too, checked the shipping costs and then went to the next step - checkout. I had committed to buy. However the site then asked me to register before I could proceed, and in an approach that seemed to want to take me out of process. I stopped right there and didn't even click. I hate registering and see no need to register for something when all I want to do is purchase. One of the easiest ways to improve your sales is to allow check-out without register. Let people buy and only ask them to 'save your settings' at the end and sales lift 5-15% from what I have seen. Meanwhile I came here instead and read about the upcoming Formlabs release. Sorry Makerbot - I'll wait.
- apl 14y agoI keep coming across this type of complaint on high-priced items, and it makes me wonder how you justify shelling out 2200$ (at the very least) for something that can't be much more than an impulse buy? After all, you're deterred by a minor distraction.
- mparlane 14y agoI'm quite sure he was saying it's the only reason that stopped him from the impulse buy. edit: Instead of replying to d23. There are a lot of things which I buy out of impulse, like "that would be cool to have". But if I have to go to excessive lengths just to buy the thing, I don't.
- d23 14y agoI think for small things it makes sense, but for a $2,200 purchase I'm surprised he would back out over such a small barrier. Either way, I agree, but for high-information purchases I doubt it matters as much.
- cgil 14y agoIt doesn't matter if he was being fickle or not with his purchase, at the end of the day makerbot didn't make $2,000 from the loss of this sale. Any company that requires it's customers to register before making a purchase is just asking to get hurt.
- jboggan 14y agoThis is going to change the motorcycle industry. Most of the (very expensive OEM) plastic pieces on the bike are small enough to be replicated within the scale of the Replicator 2, and those that are could easily be segmented into printable jobs. For example, right now I'm waiting for a small $70 part to be shipped from a warehouse in Bologna - why couldn't I just print it out myself? Even better, why not replace it with a more personalized design?
- reustle 14y agoI agree its great tobe able to print our parts, but I don't see many uses. I've owned a few bikes (cbr and supermotos) and not many platic parts fit in a 3d printer, let alone items that would break often
- jboggan 14y agoTessellated dragon skin fairing . . . just think about it.
- lambda 14y agoI've always wondered; how many pieces of much value can be made from lumpy, soft plastic with a low melting point? The results I've seen always look lumpy due to the resolution of the printer, the plastic isn't that hard, and the melting point is pretty low. While I've seen a few neat things of novelty value, most of the actual things that I would want to make would require metal or harder plastics, and a lot more precision than these things are capable of.
- MortenK 14y agoAt places like shapeways, they have the big printers. Those can print some sort of metal. I have a sample, it is rock solid.
- devnill 14y agoI have an original replicator. With a little practice, you can have much nicer results than the 'lumpy prints' that you describe. Also, ABS is really easily sanded and is quite solid if you want professional looking parts
- tocomment 14y agoCould this print Legos? How about a flower pot? Those are the two things I'd want to print.
- sbierwagen 14y agoLegos are manufactured with surprisingly fine tolerances. You might be able to do it with the Replicator 2, I don't know. They've also got a lot of 90 degree overhangs, which FDM machines don't like. (It's essentially a hot glue gun in a gantry. The plastic doesn't freeze instantly when it leaves the nozzle, it stays molten for quite some time. If you print over thin air, it'll droop.) And if you could print it, the bottom layers might delaminate and break off every time you detached it from another brick. As for a flowerpot, no way. PLA's made from corn. Keep it warm, wet and in contact with soil, and it'll turn into compost within a month.
- sbierwagen 14y agoPLA only, and they don't mention head speed? (how fast it builds) Replicator 1 was 40mm/s, which was slow at the time, and glacial now. (Tuned Prusa Mendels do 250mm/s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz56RY6OjM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz56RY6OjM4 ORDbot does faster than that) If they're not talking about the head speed, then that means it'll be lower than 40mm/s. That and they still use 1.75mm filament, which is 40% more expensive than 3mm filament, and offers only slightly better print quality, again, at the cost of print speed. I also don't know why they're talking up the 100 micron layer height. Ultilimaker printers will do 50 micron layers pretty easily.
- temos 14y agoMakerBot 2 is also closed source.
- jwuggles 14y agoI'm not as knowledgable with 3d printing - but have heard of Makerbot before. Anyone know how this compares to Replicator #1? Is there improved fidelity? (i.e. less print lines?) The replicator 1 was pretty kickass when they had a demo @ Disrupt SF, but had some noticeable lines.
- gavanwoolery 14y agoAnybody in San Diego interested in all chipping in to get one? I will front the cost, and we can work out some kind of time share...
- gavanwoolery 14y agoI just bought one. Anybody want anything printed?? I need to justify the cost. :)
- tehwalrus 14y agoIf you want me to actually read the blurb on the fancy graphics on your homepage, don't put it on a fast moving Javascript carousel. Having never even heard of the Replicator 1, I wanted to actually read something about it. :/
- DanBlake 14y agoWow, I did not expect the plastic for this to be so expensive. Nearly $100 for a lb of plastic?! Is that cost really in line with their costs, or is this selling razors without giving away the handle? http://store.makerbot.com/filament http://store.makerbot.com/filament
- kristofferR 14y agoWhere did you get that number from? 1 kg of plastic costs around $50, and since 1 kg = 2,2 lbs, each lbs costs around $22.
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- sbierwagen 14y agoThe price of FDM machine filament is mostly labor-- there's usually a solid 50-80% markup over the cost of the raw plastic. This is because it has to be extruded. Turning a kilo of ABS pellets into a kilo of 1.75mm filament takes a surprisingly long time, and monopolizes a fairly large machine for the duration.
- jedahan 14y agoGonna be interesting to hear Bre talk at Open Hardware Summit about 'business and sharing'.
- 6ren 14y agoFor the tractor and five-way circular pistons (at 2:17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o6pcbhylmQ&t=2m17s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o6pcbhylmQ&t=2m17s are we yet at the point where they are printed as-is (i.e. pre-assembled)? Or are their parts printed separately and then hand-assembled?
- spacemanaki 14y agoNo, since the Replicator 2 can only extrude a single filament at a time, and that tractor has more than one color, it must have been assembled afterward. The Replicator 2X is the model with a dual extruder: http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2x.html http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2x.html
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