Hey eveyone. I’m thinking about investing in a 3D printer. I run a blog focusing on conceptual tech idea and I can create 3D models, CAD, etc. My question is, what is a good choice for a sub $2000 3D printer?
My prints won’t be for day to day use, but rather for presenting my ideas as crowdfundws prototypes. Mostly the prints to would be modular parts and cases.
As a side note, if anyones interested we could even collaborate if you have the capability to print extra high quality prints that budget printers arn’t capable of.
Reliabuild3d printers are pretty solid. Large format available in the 12 x 16 x 14 thats not on the site yet. Will be just under 2000.
Prusa i3 mk2. The original. It actually won the Make magazine print off.
@Heath_Harper
Thanks for sharing but you should atleast explain the relevance of these in regards to my OP.
You can read the Make Magazine guide online. It is quite through.
@Owen_Prescott @Jeff_Parish can explain how to use the Reliabuild to get 75 micron accuracy through proper calibration. With skip correction you avoid the issues commonplace in long, large format prints when steppers heat up and tend to skip. Any skips are detected and immediately corrected. The reliabuild has gone up against 15k machines and won with better quality and consistency. Does that help?
@Keith_Applegarth I’d be interested. Do you have a suggested link?
@Owen_Prescott I use what most would call a budget printer (under $2K) to produce tight tolerance accurate prints for multi part assemblies. My printers of choice are RelaBuild3D and upgraded Rigidbots to RB3 standards.
I can certainly do what you are asking. What kind of collaboration do you have in mind? How would you like to get in touch?
The portable Bukito printer worked well for me.
If you’re using it mostly for ‘presentation pieces’, and that’s relatively infrequent, you might consider using a commercial service like shapeways or i.materialise. They’ll produce results that are significantly nicer looking than any sub-$2000 printer.
@Nathan_Walkner sorry man. Wasnt intending to sound like a sales guy. Im a bit passionate about it. I apologize if I offended anyone. I guess I didnt understand the nature of the request.
The reliabuild looks potentially quite neat. There’s very little documentation linked from the site, though (or at least, I couldn’t find it).
@Mindless is percectly right. If you ever want videos on calibration techniques, im happy to share.
Ive been watching videos on the Prusa and it seems to be a good choice especially at a low price point.
I ordered a kit in January. I cannot wait to get it…