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Just another clone of a printer that cloned their ideas from reprap. Nothing to see here except the line where they state they have locked down your options in

by Ccecil 12y ago

Just another clone of a printer that cloned their ideas from reprap. Nothing to see here except the line where they state they have locked down your options in software...great idea...eliminate user controls...that should make it more user friendly. The only reason to eliminate those features is so that you are locked into using their consumables (or maybe to avoid some patent issue in the case of the variable infill). It is sad that these are the types of printers that get attention. Nothing special about the design, build area or pretty much anything but it has a Dremel logo so of course it will sell. Just another company trying to jump onto the already crowded 3d printing wave. I am sure there are more to come.

Ccecil 12y ago
Apparently my opinion is not a popular one :) That is fine. I have been a very active member of the reprap community for 3.5 years and have watched printers come at a rate of about 1-2 per week for the last 2 years...every one has new hype but they are all the same thing. Same linear motion, same lack of heated bed, same everything. Even the stated resolution tends to be the same...always based on theoretical stepper placement and rarely takes actual xy resolution due to nozzle size into account. I think it is great people want to bring printing to the masses but locking the user out of temperature, infill, and other settings is not a good way to do it. Sure you eliminate their choices thereby eliminating user error...but in my case I would only be able to print about 75% of the things I do without being able to control the variables currently available in the slicers/firmware. There are many times even mid print where I vary the temperature, extrusion steps/mm and accel. I guess it must be too much to ask that there be some actual innovation...instead of just offering the same printer that many others are selling with locked down controls (and I am assuming closed source firmware). Smoothieware is becoming more popular and that is ARM based and has been around for over 2 years. The fact this printer has an ARM based electronics platform is not as "new" as it may seem...but of course it is much better than the atmega stuff.

by Ccecil 12y ago

Ccecil 12y ago

Apparently my opinion is not a popular one :) That is fine. I have been a very active member of the reprap community for 3.5 years and have watched printers come at a rate of about 1-2 per week for the last 2 years...every one has new hype but they are all the same thing. Same linear motion, same lack of heated bed, same everything. Even the stated resolution tends to be the same...always based on theoretical stepper placement and rarely takes actual xy resolution due to nozzle size into account. I think it is great people want to bring printing to the masses but locking the user out of temperature, infill, and other settings is not a good way to do it. Sure you eliminate their choices thereby eliminating user error...but in my case I would only be able to print about 75% of the things I do without being able to control the variables currently available in the slicers/firmware. There are many times even mid print where I vary the temperature, extrusion steps/mm and accel. I guess it must be too much to ask that there be some actual innovation...instead of just offering the same printer that many others are selling with locked down controls (and I am assuming closed source firmware). Smoothieware is becoming more popular and that is ARM based and has been around for over 2 years. The fact this printer has an ARM based electronics platform is not as "new" as it may seem...but of course it is much better than the atmega stuff.