Hey everyone. Just a quick poll this morning,

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Hey everyone. Just a quick poll this morning, how much do you spend on filament (monthly) ?

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I’m at about $20/mo, due to having to print things for hackerspace members.

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$100 for a 10pound roll every 3 months or so.
so about $33/month

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It depends - i have some months where i go through 80€ worth of filament and some where i don’t print at all. But my average probably is somewhere around 15€ or so.

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20 rolls a month. USD 28/ rolls. 560 USD/ month.

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Wow fortino. What are you printing ?

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I use my printers to make cookie cutters. I make a living out of 3d printers. I have 6 delta printers that run more than 10 hours daily. Check my fb: jolly craft.

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Very nice. Which printers do you find the most reliable?

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I love delta printers over cartesian 3d printers. The mechanical designs are simple yet very efficient.

  1. Every axis movement are shared by 3 arms at all times. It means that there are virtually no backlash. A rigid printer stucture. Fast movement.
  2. The printed parts are stand still. No matter how big and how small your printed object, the quality is consistent.
  3. The printer designs are easily to be scale up or down.
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Which delta printers do you have?

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I built them. They comes various build volume. From small one 90 mm x 90 mm x 180 mm up to 250 mm x 250 mm x 600 mm. You can google: rostock 3d printer or kossel 3d printer. There is also deltabot group that is very active at the moment, sharing ideas and solution to delta printers development.

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I started building a Kossel, but that project got stuck for a bit. Which version do you like better ? Rostocks or Kossels ?

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I have both. Both are doing fine for me