FYI Kassie Darrell has started working on upgrading the Makerbot at the shop to the latest software. Hopefully that will make things easier and better. I think we are also going to build the HBP instead of using the ABP since that thing sucks anyway.<div>
<br></div><div>Rick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Bob Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbob@jogger-egg.com" target="_blank">kbob@jogger-egg.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Who or what is FFD?<br>
Thanks.<br>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Kassandra Kaplan<br>
<<a href="mailto:kassandra_kaplan@yahoo.com">kassandra_kaplan@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Re extruder: That is true and it mentioned something about abs. It's buried<br>
> on the site.<br>
><br>
> Re pla: it can go outside sorta, it will decompose if left in the right<br>
> conditions and will soften if left in the sun on a hot day.<br>
><br>
> Re quality: Unfortunately makerbot doesn't alway have the best quality<br>
> record. Replicator prints from makerbot have been a little weak. Kinda<br>
> like everyone move on and they didn't. Advertising a layer height is weird<br>
> though. It's not the theoretical smallest as that is 2.5 mircons. Is that<br>
> the best they have done successfully? That actually kinda bad at this point.<br>
> Is it the best reliable? Then it's on pare with most machines. Is it best<br>
> that it can print in a reasonable time? The point is that it's kinda<br>
> meaningless, except that if it ships with that calibration setting and it<br>
> works. In which case they are just in the same league as anyone else.<br>
><br>
> Ricks current makerbot can do that level if quality. It's hard with the old<br>
> software he is using but it's possible/firmware, but it possible. If he<br>
> upgrades the software it's reasonable to expect that with a little time.<br>
><br>
> At this point 3d print quality is about software more then anything else and<br>
> I'm glad at least on FFD is actually trying to tackle the software side of<br>
> think. Most just throw some generic setting at you (if anything) and let<br>
> you go from there. As such most FFD machines don't talk about layer height.<br>
><br>
> $B$I$&$>$*$2$s$-$G(B<br>
> Kassie<br>
><br>
> On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Rick Osgood <<a href="mailto:rick@richardosgood.com">rick@richardosgood.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Someone was telling me that Makerbot has announced that another replicator 2<br>
> will be released in January that will have dual extruders and will be<br>
> available for $2800. I don't know where they got that information but I<br>
> hope it's true.<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM, <<a href="mailto:dperko@efn.org">dperko@efn.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I *just* came across this before checking my email. News travels fast!<br>
>><br>
>> PLA only. :-( I want to print some things that will be out in the<br>
>> weather. (Am I correct, Kassie, that PLA The<br>
>> example pictures look really nice, however. I wish the pictures were<br>
>> higher resolution.<br>
>><br>
>> We definitely seem to be on the cusp of a whole new level of print quality<br>
>> for a fairly reasonable investment.<br>
>><br>
>> -Darrell<br>
>><br>
>> > No kidding!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > .1mm layer height is pretty impressive. Particularly if it does that<br>
>> > with near no tweaking! My best is .06mm and the<br>
>> > best I've seen is .01mm, regardless they are on par with the best.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Hardware improvements look meh. The largest improvement is clearly the<br>
>> > new slicing engine. They ditch skeinforge!!<br>
>> > Wonder if I could use it on my machine.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Nice to see a company trying to tune its machine for performance before<br>
>> > sending it out!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > But the cost, 2200 for the single head. Ouch, but might be worth it if<br>
>> > you want a no hassle setup on a quality<br>
>> > machine. Seem like you are paying a lot for getting good software<br>
>> > setting.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > $B$I$&$>$*$2$s$-$G(B<br>
>> > Kassie<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Rick Osgood <<a href="mailto:rick@richardosgood.com">rick@richardosgood.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> Now I really want one of these. And it comes fully assembled!<br>
>> >> Makerbot has come a long way that's for sure.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Rick<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Rick Osgood <<a href="mailto:rick@richardosgood.com">rick@richardosgood.com</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >> Holy crap a new replicator:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="http://makerbot.com/" target="_blank">http://makerbot.com/</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> It looks pretty awesome. The resolution increase alone is amazing.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Rick<br>
>> >><br>
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