Wow. It was a lot cheaper on Kickstarter. :-/ @Whosa_whatsis
@Kyle_Espenschied_KES , the printers may be at some weird price points, but they are seriously one of the better printers on the market. Pat Starace is one of my lab members, and I convinced him to buy one a while back - he’s been super happy with it.
Okay. @ThantiK
So I have a Solidoodle 3 and love it. As @Joe_Spanier mentioned, I have upgraded tons of parts. Before I did so, I got lots of good prints. My upgrades were primarily for speed and refinement. I did get a chance to use a Solidoodle 4 for several days, helping a friend dial it in, and it is also a fine machine. For the cost of a new S4, you can get some really great upgrades and have a machine that is on par with $2000+ printers, for a near $1000 investment.
List of things I don’t like on the S4, aluminum bed so needs glass upgrade, hot end uses peek so upgrade to all metal, extruder upgrade to take E3D, heated bed takes 30min to heat up so bigger heater, beefier print board is necessary if you upgrade the heater, bigger power supply to handle the new hot end and bed. Some of that is very optional.
Cost of upgrades: hot end 70, heater 30, print board 200, glass 30, power supply 30. Total of $360.
Hope that helps
@Whosa_whatsis I think the board is better off on the outside for reducing heat buildup on the motor controllers.