[EMS Discuss] Makerbot Replicator 2

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I *just* came across this before checking my email.  News travels fast!

PLA only.  :-(  I want to print some things that will be out in the weather.  (Am I correct, Kassie, that PLA   The
example pictures look really nice, however.  I wish the pictures were higher resolution.

We definitely seem to be on the cusp of a whole new level of print quality for a fairly reasonable investment.

-Darrell

> No kidding!
>
> .1mm layer height is pretty impressive. Particularly if it does that with near no tweaking!  My best is .06mm and the
> best I've seen is .01mm, regardless they are on par with the best.
>
> Hardware improvements look meh. The largest improvement is clearly the new slicing engine.  They ditch skeinforge!!
> Wonder if I could use it on my machine.
>
> Nice to see a company trying to tune its machine for performance before sending it out!
>
> But the cost, 2200 for the single head. Ouch, but might be worth it if you want a no hassle setup on a quality
> machine.  Seem like you are paying a lot for getting good software setting.
>
> $B$I$&$>$*$2$s$-$G(B
> Kassie
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> On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Rick Osgood <EMAIL HIDDEN> wrote:
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>> Now I really want one of these.  And it comes fully assembled!  Makerbot has come a long way that's for sure.
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>> Rick
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>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Rick Osgood <EMAIL HIDDEN> wrote:
>> Holy crap a new replicator:
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>> http://makerbot.com/
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>> It looks pretty awesome.  The resolution increase alone is amazing.
>>
>> Rick
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