Might get this … What do you guys think?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/m3d/the-micro-the-first-truly-consumer-3d-printer
I think you missed the boat on a good price 
@Joe_Duong I know …:( $300 dollars still good price don’t you think
theres always this one https://store.makibox.com/#/product-detail?type=1&&option=30
@Aaron_Powell
It’s a pretty small printer. For $200, I might have got one just to print parts to make a bigger one 
So there’s 2 things to consider.
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It doesn’t ship for a long time (and like anything kickstarter, maybe not at all :)) Although for the record, I’ve backed over a dozen things on kickstarter and I’m at 100% fulfillment so far
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for $350 you can get a shipping-right-now kit from printrbot (disclaimer: I have a printrbot LC)
Side Note: I really recommend building one, even from kit form. You learn a LOT from doing so.
@Joe_Duong great to point out these things but I wouldn’t know where to start building one… ??? Like you when I get one I would build a bigger one but starting from scratch is hard … ?)
@Gary_Wilson do you have one of these ?
No but considering one to print parts for a delta
@Gary_Wilson you won’t have the space on the bed to build a delta unless your designing the parts yourself…this machine is smaller than the printrbot simple and you need to mod the bed to print most delta parts.
I know exactly where you’re coming from that’s why I started with a kit and not quite from scratch, and now that i have more knowledge under my belt, I’m gonna build a bigger one using extruded aluminum.
The printrbot simple is one of the cheapest you can get right now. In kit form it’s $350:
http://printrbot.com/shop/printrbot-simple/
It also has a larger build area than the M3D and lots of mod options out there.
It’s a nice middle ground between from-scratch and a fully assembled one.
Don’t get a kickstarter printer for your first printer, unless it’s from an already established maker and you don’t mind waiting a very long time.
Buy an already shipping kit from a respected manufacturer. A big risk with kickstarter printers, in addition to far longer than expected wait times for delivery, is that they won’t work as well as promised and will have little support from the manufacturer. For a first foray into printing save yourself the headache and go with a tried, tested printer that’s popular enough to have good manufacturer AND community support for when it doesn’t work right.
As someone still waiting for his Makibox I must agree with this advice.
There’s a big thread on /r/3dprinting about this. If it’s tl;dr - this printer is vapor ware for now.
@Stephen_Baird
I would disagree if you have an interest do the research learn how they work and expect the printer is not perfect and will needs some TLC to get it going and it can be a fun project. My first 3d printer was a ROBO3d and it had no history and yes I had to do a bit of work to get it to work the way I wanted it to but it did work. Many people today like buying things and have them work perfectly and get very upset when they don’t to those people I would say just keep it in perspective the first consumer computer did not work nearly as well as the computers of today. The 3d printers are in the same point on their life cycle. So currently there will be work that needs to be done on most all printers Even the makerbots and the rostocks need a bit of tweaking. So I am saying don’t avoid printers from new companies just because they are new do some research and make a valid choice.
Still, the square drive + acmescrew packaging is pretty nifty, tough I’ll bet it doesn’t scale up well.
@Mike_Miller
I would say it doesn’t scale up at all It looks like a molded frame. i.e. Unless you’re willing to basically dump that frame, you’re not scaling anything
Naw. I mean using a square bar to translate movement to the print-head…a 4" envelope might be all you could expect before movement generates springy-ness or unexpected vibrations which would show up on the print.
That’s exactly my point, any printer is going to need fussing with. Any printer is going to have a learning curve involved. Why make that worse by adding in unknown, potentially unreliable methods of movement and little readily available community support when it’s your first entry into printing?
The learning curve is steep enough anyway, there’s no need to add extra difficulty. If you’re already experienced and can handle a large part of the troubleshooting yourself then it’s not an issue, but if it’s your very first printer going with an untested, largely unsupported printer is just begging for misery.
It’s probably allowing a simplification to the mechanisms, allowing them to meet those ultra-low price targets.