Topic: Make Magazine 2013 3D Printer Shootout
I was surprised to see the solidoodle rate so low! Are other printers really that much better?
- 2n2r5
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Lol... Buyer Beware.
Buyer Beware
These printers did not perform well, arrived broken, or broke during the testing.
MendelMax 2.0 from Maker's Tool Works
MendelMax 2.0 from Maker’s Tool WorksSolidoodle 3rd Generation
Solidoodle 3rd GenerationMBot Cube II
MBot Cube II
SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.
Re: Make Magazine 2013 3D Printer Shootout
d12dozr wrote:
I was surprised to see the solidoodle rate so low! Are other printers really that much better?
There may be a printer out there engineered so that a trip on a UPS truck doesn't throw it totally out of calibration. I'd certainly rate it higher if price was no object :-).
- dubbsd
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maby they should add these to the Solidoodle package
http://shockwatch.com.au/shipping_and_h … cators.htm
Ultimaker S3.
Re: Make Magazine 2013 3D Printer Shootout
Man. MAKE magazine is all aboard the MBI hype train.
I wonder what went wrong with the SD3 that made them rate it so poorly when it costs 1/4th of the price of the MB...
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They may have gotten a z rod that was drilled by their blind machinist. Last year the problems they had with their prints would have been solved with a couple of simple adjustments in Slic3r or Skeinforge. This year they have stock profiles to work with, and hopefully enough 3D printer experience that the bad review isn't due to the print not sticking to the bed.
I thought there would be some Deltas, but they only listed one which was a prototype. SeeMeCNC is shipping deltas so they could have at least picked up one of those.
That shockwatch looks cool, but even cooler would be photoshopping some labels and taping them on without putting the sensor inside. Popular Mechanics shipped accelerometers around the country to test the handling of several carriers - http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol … r-packages
They found that packages marked fragile really did get rougher handling.
Re: Make Magazine 2013 3D Printer Shootout
Here is Make's blurb-
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soo sad to see solidoodle rated this poorly... but for half of the price... it's still pretty good...
but i wonder why didn't solidoodle 2 wins the value.. for 500 it's still a pretty good value printer
Solidoodle2 with Ceramic tile heated bed http://www.soliforum.com/topic/2544/my- … eated-bed/
"1kg should last for an while" is a lie!
"1kg should last for an while" is a lie!