plans? I'm excited to see where this is going to go in the future.

We haven't been offered coatings by a supplier. If you know of one, we'll look in to it. Suppliers are usually quite nice about offering us samples.

No info on Taulmans 618 nylon filament?

We have some Octave Nylon sitting around waiting to be tested. We also have their fun proprietary bed thingy. For those who are curious, we also have some wood filament samples for testing as well.

There shall be fanfare if any of that works well. We'll keep you posted.

I'm not sure why everyone freaked out there. Anyone who has paid the least bit of attention to technology know that advances come rapidly. Any of you still happy with the speed and reliabilitity of dial up? Didn't think so.

ANYWAYS, does that also apply to the z axis upgrade? My apologies if I opened up a can of worms. As I said, I don't have any hands on experience with 3D printing and I just want to be sure I get started in the most hassle free way possible.

The Z axis upgrade shall improve a few things. Shipping damage to the the Z-axis shall be eliminated, and the bed shall be much more reliable in terms of warping.

Also, I find it to look rather spiffy.

ANYWAYS, does that also apply to the z axis upgrade? My apologies if I opened up a can of worms. As I said, I don't have any hands on experience with 3D printing and I just want to be sure I get started in the most hassle free way possible.

You exercise great caution by testing your design on paying customers?

I should exercise greater caution with my spelling

We've been testing the design for months, as you can see from the press photos leaked before. As you can see, we do in fact test stuff. I'm not sure where this rumor that we don't comes from. 

Testing things on paying customers is what we'd like to avoid. However, good reports from the field always seal the effectiveness of a change. No amount of testing in the shop will be the same as the real world.

"should receive a new bed"

Ah man! I ordered my SD3 a week and a half ago!!

Guess that means I "might" get a new bed??

It should be very simple. How many old beds are in stock? how many orders are in the Q?

If they cant give an answer, their customer service is getting worse.

Smitty

We, like the majority of companies, do keep mum about exact stockpiles of parts. That doesn't mean we are giving you bad customer service: We are not obligated to reveal everything. We aren't trying to obfuscate anything, this is just our policy.

We do not reveal how many orders in are in queue.

Now, as for you, the answer here is pretty obvious. If you ordered an S3 a week ago, you have 7 weeks of wait time to go. This means that the chances are fairly overwhelming that you will receive the new part. Rejoice.

I do not know the exact date the old beds will be fully discontinued. Most likely it will be a gradual turn down, accelerated as we get good reports from the field. We like to stay flexible about this sort of thing. We exercise great caution whenever we change the machine.

Ah man! I ordered my SD3 a week and a half ago!!

Guess that means I "might" get a new bed??

It should be very simple. How many old beds are in stock? how many orders are in the Q?

If they cant give an answer, their customer service is getting worse.

Smitty

One more thing:

How long until those upgrades for the SD3 are available? I'm seriously considering buying an assembled model but I don't want to have to rip it apart soon after receiving it. If it won't be long you can go ahead and put my name first on the list to get one.

As of Friday, all new SD2s were shipping with the upgraded bed. As of Monday, we will be transitioning the SD3s. If you order today, you should receive the new bed. We do have some back-stock of the old beds, but this should be exhausted by the time you receive your order.

How long until those upgrades for the SD3 are available? I'm seriously considering buying an assembled model but I don't want to have to rip it apart soon after receiving it. If it won't be long you can go ahead and put my name first on the list to get one.