76 Reply by shields1.as

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Manufactured in China becomes trash.  Notice whathappened to all the knife companies who went with China.  Killed quality. screw China. Be the Bridgeport  mill of 3d printing.  Make a quality product you can build a name off of. Also most cellphones are junk bc they come from China.


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Guys, Press doesn't have issues because it was made in China, but because it was poorly designed/or assembled. China has nothing to do with it. My Solidoodle 4 has a proud "Made in USA" label on the back but the issues are probably more than on your Solidoodle Press.
Almost everything from any company these days is made in China, from your iphones that you use until a new identical model is out to your cheap chinese iphone chargers that die after a week of use.

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I doesn't matter what region something was manufactured. Plain and simple.
1) I am a musician. I have a $2k custom American made bass. Feels great. But when I'm in the studio, I go for my $150 Indonesian bass which sounds like others I've played costing $6k
2) I collect rare books. American made books in my collection fall apart decades before European/Asian counterparts.
3) Since 3D printing is seen as a manufacturing "revolution", does that mean all my prints are superior to the same parts printed by some dude/chick in El Salvador? Just because I am in the US?

China, and ANY other manufacturer in the world, can only create a product as good as the designs and materials instructed.

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AZERATE wrote:

I doesn't matter what region something was manufactured. Plain and simple.
1) I am a musician. I have a $2k custom American made bass. Feels great. But when I'm in the studio, I go for my $150 Indonesian bass which sounds like others I've played costing $6k
2) I collect rare books. American made books in my collection fall apart decades before European/Asian counterparts.
3) Since 3D printing is seen as a manufacturing "revolution", does that mean all my prints are superior to the same parts printed by some dude/chick in El Salvador? Just because I am in the US?

China, and ANY other manufacturer in the world, can only create a product as good as the designs and materials instructed.

+1...poor design sucks in any language

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Oh I'll agree the design behind the new solidookies are very poor. I'm just baffled how they can keep making the same mistakes. Poor business sense really


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AZERATE wrote:

I doesn't matter what region something was manufactured. Plain and simple.
1) I am a musician. I have a $2k custom American made bass. Feels great. But when I'm in the studio, I go for my $150 Indonesian bass which sounds like others I've played costing $6k
2) I collect rare books. American made books in my collection fall apart decades before European/Asian counterparts.
3) Since 3D printing is seen as a manufacturing "revolution", does that mean all my prints are superior to the same parts printed by some dude/chick in El Salvador? Just because I am in the US?

China, and ANY other manufacturer in the world, can only create a product as good as the designs and materials instructed.

+1...poor design sucks in any language

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shields1.as wrote:

Manufactured in China becomes trash.  Notice whathappened to all the knife companies who went with China.  Killed quality. screw China. Be the Bridgeport  mill of 3d printing.  Make a quality product you can build a name off of. Also most cellphones are junk bc they come from China.


Again, can you cite some specific examples of how most cellphones are junk because they come from China? I would argue that the build quality of cellphones from China these days is incredible. Companies spend millions on QC to make sure their designs are built to exact specifications.

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Solidoodles QC is worse than their design imo. Of course design can be improved, I'd say majority who own one have modded at least one thing to improve performance or make life easier.

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82 Reply by Diecrusher (edited by Diecrusher 2015-02-04 00:08:02)

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I was one of the 1st to order a SD2 when they first game out with the additional cost case... 8 month wait time and it arrived with quite a few issues that I had to work out.  Spent countless hours through email and phone calls trying to get decent answers but pretty much had to figure it out for myself.

Re-designed and re-made half of the machine and got it to perform the way I wanted it to so I am happy now.  Original printed parts started to literally fall apart. Basic machine design is sound with a few caveats.  I enjoy tinkering with the machine but I can understand people not wanting to have to.

I asked them if they could send me their toolkit with the infamous Solidoodle toothbrush that was sent out free with many of the 1st orders for the long wait time and asked if I could also be sent a light strip for the one that wasn't working on my machine and was flatly denied.  I thought that was not the best towards good customer relations.

For me this company would have to offer a Ferrari for a Ford price for me to consider purchasing from them again. Just not a good experience overall.