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$400 with the precision of the MakerBot Replicator 2 (EDIT: 100 micron)

• simcop2387 14y ago
  Replicator 2 is actually at 100 micron not 10. None of the FDM printers can get 10 micron that I'm aware of. The printrbot that I got for $500 I've been able to get to do 200 micron pretty easily (in fact it prints best at 200 micron). Though the printrbot has needed a bit more fiddling than I believe the makerbot systems need, it's certainly heading towards your direction.
  • prezjordan 14y ago
    Hopefully soon! I would also love if they were fast (like <1 min for an iPhone case fast). I wonder if the future will be extrusion or the photo-sensitive liquids that some printers are using.
  • iamwil 14y ago
    Actually, a reprapper has been able to do 20 microns. But it's after a bunch of tuning on his part, and I'm sure they were slow prints. (14.5 hours for the yoda, where as when I printed it at 150 microns, it took 2.5 hours). But yes, 20 microns has already been achieved. http://www.makergear.com/blogs/frontpage/6591695-20-microns-i-am http://www.makergear.com/blogs/frontpage/6591695-20-microns-... https://davedurant.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/ultimaker-faq-but-what-about-the-quality-of-prints/ https://davedurant.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/ultimaker-faq-bu... In the second link, you can scroll down to see what 20 microns looks like up close. That orange thing on the left is his thumb. There's about 10 layers to one line on his thumbprint.