<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> 2015-08-06T12:50:08Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/11139/where-can-i-get-new-solidoodle-3-extruder/ <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> The good news for me is, I'm pretty sure I know where I'll be turning to with questions wink

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-08-06T12:50:08Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/103058/#p103058 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> Sounds like I'm for the first time ever one step ahead of ward on this one hehe. I've got a smoothieboard running in my frankendoodle right now, just swapped out the Rumba for experimental purposes.

Both hosted with a raspberry pi and octoprint, printer otherwise the same.

In this configuration, there's really no difference in performance, reliability or usability between them at this stage, and Marlin's development is much faster and more dynamic than smoothieware's. Marlin actually has a few features smoothiware doesn't have (thermal error cut-offs, etc.) and development is much more... er... dynamic. smile

I think if you plan to use the virtual serial port over ethernet, or upload gcode to the sd-card over ethernet, then the smoothieware's built-in ethernet could potentially cut out the raspberry pi / octoprint from the toolchain (but then, monitoring not really practicable).

Otherwise, swappable drivers and Marlin are both pros for the Rumba. I'm nearly considering going back... smile

I'd be interested to get some notes from other smoothieboard users about things they've done with theirs that makes for an improvement over a good ramps/derivative+marlin setup.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4515/ 2015-08-06T06:09:52Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/103041/#p103041 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> mdrVB6 wrote:
elmoret wrote:
wardjr wrote:

They are a available again on RRD

Link?


I just checked and its showing as out of stock at RRD.  Personally, I love my RUMBA but if it ever dies I'm getting a smoothieboard.  It's barely more expensive and a lot more powerful.  The future smile

Yeah, I happen to have a new Smoothie sitting on my desk.  Figure I need to at least try to stay on top of the curve wink

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-08-04T03:48:43Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/102847/#p102847 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> elmoret wrote:
wardjr wrote:

They are a available again on RRD

Link?


I just checked and its showing as out of stock at RRD.  Personally, I love my RUMBA but if it ever dies I'm getting a smoothieboard.  It's barely more expensive and a lot more powerful.  The future smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4377/ 2015-08-03T18:20:24Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/102786/#p102786 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> they say "available" when looking thru the list, but when you go to one of the listing pages they all say "this product is no longer in stock" - not sure what is going on there...

ack - ward beat me to it...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/10399/ 2015-07-23T21:50:08Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101883/#p101883 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> http://soliforum.com/i/?LE31NTQ.png
And.... so, my bad...
I went to actually order one and of course in the cart it says out of stock.  I guess I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions so soon when I actually saw them back on the site. 
Something must be happening though because for a long time they weren't even listed on the site.

The good news is that MakerFarm has them available http://www.makerfarm.com/index.php/prin … board.html
I have been using one of these for some time from MakerFarm without issue.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-07-23T21:24:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101881/#p101881 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> wardjr wrote:

They are a available again on RRD

Link?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2015-07-23T21:07:28Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101880/#p101880 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> thanks for the info will be watching
tin

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6775/ 2015-07-23T10:40:46Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101807/#p101807 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> They are a available again on RRD but you can also buy them from MakerFarm (US).  That's where I got the last one and thus far it's been fine.  I know there has been issues with the 16U2 (USB) chip and that is on Atmel not RRD.  Seems as though RRD did the right thing by pulling them off their site until the issues were resolved.  Of course most of this is my educated and partially informed opinion.  I have been fishing around this issues since the first day RRD pulled them from their site.  I will keep you all posted as I learn more.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-07-23T02:29:28Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101795/#p101795 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> Try Maker Farm - based in Utah. They had some last I looked (yesterday)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/10399/ 2015-07-23T02:24:49Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101794/#p101794 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> Yep...just saw that...I think they were having trouble with some of their chipsets for the USB connection or some such thing.  The RUMBAs were not even listed on their site as of a few weeks ago.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/131/ 2015-07-23T02:04:55Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101793/#p101793 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> They're OOS.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2015-07-23T01:59:49Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101792/#p101792 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> I don't have one yet, but that is my next buy when I want to upgrade from the RAMPS on my Ord Bot...I like the flexibility of putting out 24V for the Heat Bed which the RAMPS cannot do without an SSR...as well as the screw terminal option on every connector.

As far as I know, RRD is the only place to get them...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/131/ 2015-07-23T01:29:17Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101787/#p101787 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> I could carry them, or the RAMBo. Where'd you guys get your RUMBAs?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2015-07-23T01:20:26Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101786/#p101786 <![CDATA[Re: Where can I get new Solidoodle 3 Extruder?]]> I would suggest the RUMBA as well...but just a notch down is the RAMPS 1.4; there are plenty available from US shippers like MakerGeeks...

http://www.makergeeks.com/ra14plarmeco.html

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/131/ 2015-07-23T01:06:42Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/101783/#p101783