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Honestly, it's really not worth the money. The makerbot printers are good, but the build volume of that module is very small and it's pretty much useless for printing cases for portablesI found this printer on ebay that's originally $1200+, but is marked down at $400. Is this a worthwhile (though still expensive) buy, or is it too small?
I figured that would be the case, but thanks for confirming it. What budget printers would you recommend?Honestly, it's really not worth the money. The makerbot printers are good, but the build volume of that module is very small and it's pretty much useless for printing cases for portables
Hmm I bought mine more than a year and half ago and a lot of things have changed, so I don't really know. You should take a look at the reviews done on YouTube by MakersMuse, The 3D Printing Nerd or RCLifeOnI figured that would be the case, but thanks for confirming it. What budget printers would you recommend?
What would be a good printing volume?Hmm I bought mine more than a year and half ago and a lot of things have changed, so I don't really know. You should take a look at the reviews done on YouTube by MakersMuse, The 3D Printing Nerd or RCLifeOn
Out of curiosity, how long have you had them? My first one stopped working right after two weeks, they sent me a replacement that was DOA, then I got one that over a several months developed the same power issue as the DOA one until it kicked the bucket. I'm on number four after like 6-7 months, and it's not like I use it much. I really want to love my printer, but it obviously has some common issues.Monoprice makes good machines. I have both a Maker Select Plus and a Mini. I've added rigidity and stability tweaks to both, as well as glass build plates. They're both working great. I've found that filament makes a huge difference though. I really like Hatchbox's products. If you can find old Makerbot filament, that works well enough too (a little higher temp though). Makerbot printers, however, are mostly garbage. My favorite of theirs is the Replicator 2, and even those are extremely temperamental.
Okay thanks for the input I know im going to run into problems if I go with a low budget printer but I wont go with that oneThat was the first printer I got. It broke after two weeks. Customer service is terrible and unless you mod it, you can't use any other filament than the ones they provide. Not worth it IMO. Plus it's huge and takes up way too much space.
You are going to run into problems with ANY printer you get. It's more of a matter of how many problems you want to deal with and for how long. Going for a nicer printer = less problems and if there are any, easier problems, like tweaking your bed level to get that perfect first layer. Cheap quality printer = problems from every side (hardware, firmware, software). It's similar to getting a soldering iron. It's doesn't make sense to go with a cheap quality one because it will cost more time and in the end more money.Okay thanks for the input I know im going to run into problems if I go with a low budget printer but I wont go with that one
I worried about that when I got mine but I think I the last time I checked I was clocking in around 400+ hours of print time and I've only had it for a few months haha. Understandably the (mostly) lame knick nacks from thingiverse gets old pretty quick but if you are serious about prototyping and learning a bunch of new skills than it's a great way to go about it. Plus if you really want to make good money on it, you can sign up your printer to print of things for people who are local to you. I think it's called 3dhubs, though there are probably more sites but you can also make your printer pay for itself.I might consider the prusa i3 mk2 I had a monoprice maker select v2 for 2 weeks and then the heating element stopped working. I tried to replace it and it still didn't want to print and I had to ship it back for a return I really don't want to deal with those problems so I might try to sell it and get a higher end printer the only problem I see is how much usage I will get out of it considering I just want to use it to make cases.