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One thing that would be nice is sensors or motors that would create a closed loop system so that the extruder's position is always known.  Then a little hangup and some skipped steps won't ruin the entire rest of the print.  My understanding is that it is expensive enough to not be worthwhile for low end printers.

This particular topic should problaby be moved to hacks, but for now, since it is here, the only way that I know of to be sure that the stepper motor actually took the step it was instructed to, is to have a rotary encoder with at least equal resolution of the motor itself.  For it to be a closed loop system, you would need to move up from the sanguinololu board since all the ports are used on the current application if you have a panelolu attached.  In any case, this would only detect a stall in the setpper motor, and would not catch a tooth on the belt skipping, nor would it catch backlash errors.  Linear position sensors would be far more expensive to implement I beleive.

Yess!! Mine shipped today, ordered 25/7

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

SWEET JESUS, THIS IS GONNA ROCK!

bobafett what were you order # and invoice #?

merlz42 what was you invoice #?

From what I can gather I should only be a few printers behind you.  Ordered 7/26/12 #3054

I am a bit confused here.  My original order now shows shipped, but was pending yesterday, and monday when I requested the upgrae to sd3.  Will I have to ship it back to get the upgrade?  I have been charged for the upgrade and additional shipping charges.  Perhaps only the two spools of filiment shipped.

Order 3166 (ordered 7/30) just updated as shipped!! (so excited!!)

Order ID: 3158
Date Ordered: 30/07/2012
Shipped

Yeah, looks like they are on track. Also delivery times are improving, allthou not as fast as I would hope for :-)

So what would the ideal temperature range be if I was to build a controlled heated workspace vs. using a heated bed?  Between 80-120c?  Would that need to be altered once the first few layers are complete and from then on based on the mass and size of the print?

It arrived! Yesterday (11/27) it was sitting outside my apartment door So excited and sad I need to wait till the weekend to play with it!

Hello Solidoodlers,

Order ID: #2810
Date Added: 17/07/2012
Shipped: 15/11/2012

Just arrived in the UK after a couple of days sorting out import duties. (20% of item value + £8 administration charge from local handler)
Looking forward to my first prints tomorrow!

I've seen lots of negativity in this thread which is a shame. I guess Solidoodle have failed to manage the expectation of their customers. The day before I ordered my printer I was told by email that it would take 6-10 weeks for delivery, however I can understand that things rarely work out the way you expect them to with a new company (having been there myself), especially one doing something that nobody else has attempted in terms of value & technology. The shipping estimate updates have been useful and have kept me on board.  The reality is that if it was not for Solidoodle I would not own a 3D printer because I would not be able to justify the cost of any other available units and I don't have the time to build my own. Please keep up the communication with your customers, it's the most important thing.

Tim.

Mine arrived today, but it was shipped without the case.  Very sad, but I did upgrade later on, so I suppose that may be the reason it was forgotten?  Who knows, I'd like to receive that one too soon

Anyhoo.

Date Ordered: August 7th
Date Shipped: Nov 27th
Date Received: Nov 29th
Order Number 3374