And hey, now there's another high resolution resin based printer on Kickstarter that's doing really well. Raised $1.3 million already!<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/formlabs/form-1-an-affordable-professional-3d-printer">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/formlabs/form-1-an-affordable-professional-3d-printer</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Rick Osgood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rick@richardosgood.com" target="_blank">rick@richardosgood.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I'm hearing that this new makerbot is actually closed source... I'm not sure where people are getting this information but now it's got me curious. It's pretty disappointing if true.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Rick</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Kassandra Kaplan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kassandra_kaplan@yahoo.com" target="_blank">kassandra_kaplan@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Sorry, fused filament deposition. The class of 3d printing makerbot is in. Also called FFF but I don't know what that stands for.<br>
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$B$I$&$>$*$2$s$-$G(B<br>
Kassie<br>
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On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Bob Miller <<a href="mailto:kbob@jogger-egg.com" target="_blank">kbob@jogger-egg.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Who or what is FFD?<br>
> Thanks.<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Kassandra Kaplan<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kassandra_kaplan@yahoo.com" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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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