26 Reply by Tin Falcon (edited by Tin Falcon 2018-09-06 10:32:19)

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Re: Recommendations for First 3D Printer

A guy i met a couple times has IIRC  has 4-5 davincincis he has rebuilt. He buys them cheap  for $100- $150 then put another $200 -$300 in parts. and they make good printers.

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Re: Recommendations for First 3D Printer

Tin Falcon wrote:

A guy i met a couple times has IIRC  has 4-5 davincincis he has rebuilt. He buys them cheap  for $100- $150 then put another $200 -$300 in parts. and they make good printers.

Well my building experience had led to the design of a chassis of my own that I am pricing up to have made.

I just need to get FreeCAD to do its job but keeps on spoiling the drawing, think its got a bug in there...

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Re: Recommendations for First 3D Printer

a mix of acrylics and a clear coat lacquer to stop it wearing and protect it, I have used ABS as that is what i print with generally, so it should be ok, if it wears out though I can just reprint him another.