tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post2186974163040765615..comments2023-12-22T09:21:35.599-08:00Comments on RepRap Log Phase: So many intersting things in the last few weeks..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14841570845002675047noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-21553982518422551262010-10-24T20:54:00.074-07:002010-10-24T20:54:00.074-07:00After my experiences I'd say these points are ...After my experiences I'd say these points are right on the money. Techzone is a flop, I'm not even going to bother sending my board back for a 3rd try, I'm going to go with another extruder board from makerbot this time. If I could do it over it would me Gen 6 for sure.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397017308714285036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-64226800415875677042010-10-11T08:07:22.906-07:002010-10-11T08:07:22.906-07:00As a note, we spoke with someone from 3DS at Maker...As a note, we spoke with someone from 3DS at Maker Faire NYC who told us 'melting plastic is for kids toys, not real printers' -- just a week or two before the acquisition. Our group of 'kid printers' probably had 10x as many visitors as she did.JohnAhttp://www.abella.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-7036339932370295412010-10-10T07:14:53.225-07:002010-10-10T07:14:53.225-07:00I hope Ultimaker comes in at the lower end of the ...I hope Ultimaker comes in at the lower end of the sub $2000 price point or your going to have real issues out of the Mendel Kit folks. Your printer looks awsome, but not quite supperior to Mendel. But of course the market will tell, and your a smart dude. It will work out!<br /><br />As far as the Open Sourse thing, I perfer Opens Source, but if HP came out with a closed source 3d printer that worked for $700 that had an easy to trick plastic cartridge I would be all over it and my Makerbot would be on Ebay. On the other hand the difference it Open Source feeds each other.<br /><br />One look at Thing-O-Matic and you can see many changes that are almost line for line copies of other peoples work. That makes me happy. Closed source can't really do that very well.<br /><br />RepG on FiveD will be awesome, and if anyone can pull it off, it would be you.<br /><br />BTW the last line of your post is a clasic, just copied that into my list of good quotes :)<br /><br />BTW you have been married now for a few months, when you going to start replicating? :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14841570845002675047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-59442049032401685742010-10-10T06:41:02.310-07:002010-10-10T06:41:02.310-07:00I think that www.Ultimaker.com has a fighting chan...I think that www.Ultimaker.com has a fighting chance in the sense that it's easy to assemble, will be in the sub $2000 price range and has a 9000cc build volume. And personally, I do care that it's open source. It's ignorant to think that a small team can come up with the best design.<br /><br />Then again, you're emphasis is really on 'what is the best' and with an emphasis on competition. I think all these different designs out there help the whole 3D printing revolution emerge. It's hard to really think of competition when we're all making this happen together. There are too many network effects at play here. For the Ultimaker I'm making ReplicatorG compatible with FiveD firmwares, etc. More printers means more designs on Thingiverse, more extra software, more tutorials and bigger sales by kit/supplies vendors (thus a lower prices for everything 3D), people like Tony Buser building cloudSCAD, etc., etc.<br /><br />With the internet, one's ability to compete is increasingly insignificant compared to the ability to collaborate.Erik de Bruijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433438819279256757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-86804785808275421412010-10-09T09:35:12.868-07:002010-10-09T09:35:12.868-07:00I know. Reprapstores also sells the same ones from...I know. Reprapstores also sells the same ones from Techzone. Their site and Botmill's even use photos taken from Techzone's site.whosawhatsis?https://www.blogger.com/profile/12792264289634575186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-51642701062358407982010-10-09T09:30:02.283-07:002010-10-09T09:30:02.283-07:00Actually the Gen3 remix are sold by Techzone &...Actually the Gen3 remix are sold by Techzone & Botmill. Same exact electronics, both sourced from Techzone. The German RepRap foundation uses the same board layout as the Makerbot sourced Ge3.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14841570845002675047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-15127401667808995952010-10-09T09:12:50.321-07:002010-10-09T09:12:50.321-07:00The Gen 3 remix electronics are by Techzone, not b...The <a href="http://reprap.org/wiki/Generation_3_Electronics/Tech_Zone_Remix" rel="nofollow">Gen 3 remix electronics</a> are by <a href="http://techzonecom.com/listing.php?cat_id=1" rel="nofollow">Techzone</a>, not botmill or reprapstores, though both of those sites them for less than Techzone's own. I wish I had noticed that before I ordered them.<br /><br />3d Systems never made it onto my radar until I heard the news that they bought BFB, because they fell under the category of big, expensive, closed-source things that I'll never have. I thought the same (though less strongly, on all counts) about BFB. I'm not bullish on closed-source 3d printers, though I suppose anything that allows more Reprap parts to be produced can't be all bad.whosawhatsis?https://www.blogger.com/profile/12792264289634575186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-73903890705326950082010-10-09T06:05:44.279-07:002010-10-09T06:05:44.279-07:00The Rapman has become the printer of choice in UK ...The Rapman has become the printer of choice in UK secondary schools (11-18age) so 3d Systems has that captive market now. Let's not forget that they now have eD onboard :)<br /><br />--MattyMattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-64490390405884359622010-10-09T04:26:46.212-07:002010-10-09T04:26:46.212-07:00The GRRF Electronic is available at 192€ + Tax. Th...The GRRF Electronic is available at 192€ + Tax. The price of $320 is quite to high calculated, cause all GRRF prices containing tax!Markusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483471752664961069.post-54582803985911046012010-10-09T03:43:11.126-07:002010-10-09T03:43:11.126-07:00The cat in the photos was my first attempt to use ...The cat in the photos was my first attempt to use skeinforge support material and I was using a rather old version of skeinforge. I've since printed more cats using a recent version of skeinforge (with more support options) and the print is getting better every time. It took a while to remove the support material from the first photo but using the newer options the support material can be removed quickly and it has less impact on the finished model. I'm still getting this dialed-in but it is quite promising.<br /><br />Also, it is not "still extruding", it is "stillllll extruuuuuuuuuuuding"! :)Rickhttp://www.makergear.comnoreply@blogger.com