http://store.solidoodle.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=56
Sub $500 3D printer :-)
These are awesome, I have wanted one for so long .. sadly just bought all the Lanparte stuff .. and comitted to BMD .. hopefully it won't be too much more when they sell it
I'm building a small one made from the motors and controllers from old Inkjet printers. Lots of great parts. Everything controlled by an arduino.Lots of parts can be recycled.
Damn, a month ago I read an article on Wired.com talking about a lot of affordible 3d printing and other home maker projects like a mini kiln and I can't find it again.
Only found this article of the solidoodle: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/05/solidoodle/
EDIT: Found it. http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/5-must-have-shop-tools/ Wasn't so much affordable as a wish list of must have items for the modern cool shop.
I have a zcorp 402 printer. I got it used for 2,000. It has an 8"x10"x10" build box. It is powder based and uses liquid inkjets to build its layers. There is a community for it like this one that has reduced it's cost for raw materials dramatically, from$800 for powder, $500 for liquid (from the manufacturer) to now a total of $35. The machine I got didn't work when I got it but with some tlc it came back to life. I am not saying this is the solution to everyone's problems but just that it is another alternative out there if you are looking into 3D Fab. I have also sent stuff to Sculpteo in France and had excellent results and turn around time for fine/delicate designs. The machine that Vitaliy posted in the top looks like things are going in a great direction for people that can utilize that type of machine.
Here is a good Yahoo group for anybody that is interested in DIY 3D printers.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/diy_3d_printing_and_fabrication/?prop=eupdate
Working model of 3D printer Vending Machine. The DreamVendor.
3D Print Metals For Under $2,000
A low-cost open-source 3D printer that makes metal parts has been designed by Joshua M. Pearce and his team at Michigan Technological University (MTU).
If you ask me, go and get good Chinese CNC if you seriously work with metals.
But big thanks for link, good to see progress.
Ultimaker 2
And this is small CNC thing
I was looking at CNC machines. Looks like a tossup between Nomad 883 CNC Mill and Printrbot’s new CNC machine. Would be great to get a comparison with CNC 3020T and CNC 3040T
One review of Taig and Sherline vs others here. http://onehossshay.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/buying-a-benchtop-mill/
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