I've been watching those being sold locally and almost pulled the trigger on one. Just couldn't figure out what to make with it.
Nice, I have the multi-material upgrade for mine but haven't got it working yet, once working it will allow me to use 5 different filaments at once
I assembled, the base printer kit took me about 8 hours over a couple nights. for the MMU it took the same but I have bugs to work out now
nope, all i had to do was the base layer calibration, which is something you'd have to do even if you got it assembled. As you eluded to a lot of the parts are 3d printed and I broke one and had to get Dewie to print me a new one lol I spent a lot of time making sure the wire management was correct, I don't need a wire touching something hot and it catching on fire. The instructions on the website were easier to follow than the printed version they sent, but they were very detailed. I would think this would be well within your wheel house, and you will know how to diagnose problems easier if you know how it was assembled
The MINI won't ship until January... not sure I can wait that long I just don't know if the extra cost of the mk3s is justified for me.. it'd be like $1200 by the time it got to me. The MINI is half that
I found I QUICKLY wanted to print things bigger, and use more than 1 material, so I sold dewie my first one and upgraded, within like 3 months I am into my mk3s and MMU for about $1500.....Will I make that back hell no, but I can print pretty much anything at this point 18x18x18 for the mini $349 USD 25x21x21 for the mk3s $749 USD I guess is $400 more worth 7x3x3 bigger, seems like a small amount but can make the difference in having to split something into 2 prints vs 1
I've come to terms with the fact I'll likely never make enough use to feel like I got my monies worth. Once I get the MMU working I am creating a shift boot for the corvette, frame sliders for the Z1000, these are materials my first printer just was not designed to do, flexible filament for the shift boot, and carbon fiber for the frame slider. Although Dewie has print flexi stuff with the cheap printer with good sucess. I made some prop weapons for costumes from video games, some puzzles, a few spool holders to hopefully fix my MMU issues. made some cookie cutters for my nieces, some cups with straws built in(food safe filament) on the horizon is stuff for my brother and his woodworking business, might make some money off that but no biggie if I don't
Instant gratification is the defining characteristic of today's society. Don't go fucking with social norms. Get the bigger, pricier one now. And you can make me a bigger bobblehead.
I for one think it's funny that Boots is actually pretending that there is greater than a 0% chance that he's not going to get the more expensive one.
