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Any good value for money printer ?

Discussion in '3D Printing' started by vthinsel, Jun 16, 2016.

  1. vthinsel

    vthinsel Well-Known Member

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    Hello !
    After spending time developing UDP plugins, TM1638 dashboard, XPID, button-box, etc etc.... time has come to continue (and maybe finish) my rig. I have asked friends/colleagues to print several stuff (box for dashboard, diameter adapters for rods,gears, ...) but now I'd like to do it myself. I'm looking for a printer based on arduino mega+ramps (for adding auto-leveling, and playing with marlin firmware) , with LCD and SD card ideally. Would you recommend me a specific model/vendor that would provide an affordable (cheap :) ) printer that would fulfill that without needing to replace/print all poorly designed parts/? Prusa i3 seems a good starting point but there are so many different models around.....

    Thanks for your inputs !
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    vthinsel, Jun 16, 2016
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  2. mrbeginner

    mrbeginner Active Member Gold Contributor

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    hi. I'm to check those 3d printers few weeks now and find out that prusa i3 is very good starting point with few upgrades. now I try to learn onshape witch is free cad software before I start to order my own printer.
    mrbeginner, Jun 16, 2016
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    keep posted i really wold like to buy a 3d printer some day... tell us what you buy, what you will spend etc etc
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    ferslash, Jun 17, 2016
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  4. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    bruce stephen, Jun 18, 2016
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    I use a Velleman K8200 chap printer but with specific mods it can do a really neat job.
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    Archie Eternal tinkerer

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    Archie, Jul 5, 2016
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