[Lab] buying a 3d printer

[Paul & Andrea Mumby]

That's very true, that would cut cost, and shipping costs. Although not sure
if ultimaker is selling a kit excluding wood yet. Either way I'm sure you
could email Erik and he would be flexible on that.

- Paul

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:

> Don't forget that once we get the ArtEngine laser cutter you'll be able to
> cut your own panels for any of the MakerBot, Ultimaker and/or MakerGear open
> source machines.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 2011-08-08, at 11:42 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:
>
> > great thanlk allot.  Do all these printers user the same software?
> >
> > Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> > ---
> >
> > "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> > wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Paul & Andrea Mumby
> > <themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The huxleys were popular on ebay, there was also a group manufacturing
> them
> >> in large quantities but not sure where their site is. Also the Techzone
> >> version of the huxley kit is $599. http://www.techzonecom.com/gglhux
> >> I think this is the group I was thinking of doing them for
> >> $500: http://www.indiegogo.com/eMAKER-Huxley-3D-printer-kits
> >>
> >> As for the ultimaker, they are available at ultimaker.com
> >> For the UP, I used to be affiliated with DesktopFab, but they aren't
> >> carrying the UP anymore (political reasons). I do have one for sale
> myself
> >> which was a demo unit for DesktopFab (at a very slight discount). Or you
> can
> >> buy that direct from PP3DP.com in china.
> >> And as for the new model I hinted at, I can't give you details yet (as I
> >> don't have them myself) but I'm told it will be made public in the next
> week
> >> or two.
> >> Hope that helps!
> >> - Paul
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> >> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> awesome thanks allot.  I have an uncle who is interested in 3d
> >>> printing since it was getting affordable.
> >>>
> >>> Any links to an online store?
> >>>
> >>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> >>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Paul & Andrea Mumby
> >>> <themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Honestly, if you want low cost, the RepRap Huxley can be had for like
> >>>> $500
> >>>> for a full kit ready to build.
> >>>> For a bit more money the makerbot is a good option
> >>>> Next up on the pricing range, but very high quality and speed (I've
> been
> >>>> impressed with the demo prints and videos of his performance) is the
> >>>> ultimaker. That thing is FAST, and can print very high quality. With a
> >>>> good
> >>>> build volume.
> >>>> Lastly, the UP is extremely high quality, reliable, and quite fast.
> But
> >>>> will
> >>>> cost you about $3K.
> >>>> I've also got some inside info that a new line of "professional grade"
> >>>> 3D
> >>>> printers (whatever that means) which will be commercial units, in the
> >>>> price
> >>>> range of "under $5K" will be coming out soon (in the next couple
> weeks)
> >>>> which will supposedly dwarf the UP as far as speed, resolution, and
> >>>> quality
> >>>> are concerned.
> >>>> Does that help with some options?
> >>>> - Paul
> >>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Why not get an extruder head and add it to a mill. You can get a
> cheap
> >>>>> mill together for that price and have two types of fabrication
> >>>>> available.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> >>>>> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> any suggestion?  I noticed the make bot went up in price.  If i
> >>>>>> remember you could get it for less than 800$  I thought some one
> might
> >>>>>> have an alternative?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> >>>>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >>>>>>
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