3-D Printer from MicroMark

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I got my new MicroMark catalog in the mail today. This was featured on the cover and back page: http://www.micromark.com/3d-printer-kit,11656.html

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I’m sure. It’s over $700.

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Regularly $800 now on sale for $725. :slight_smile:

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I see that Tom. But, geez 10 thou per step? (it says “less than”, but, if it was 5 thou, they’d say that)

So, let’s call that 9 thou, just for my question.

Are there “more professional versions” available?

Any direct attempts to “print and build” each model or part is going to wind up looking like realllly tiny Lego work with the printer I see on that catalog.

I intend to treat it like the Color Laser evolution,if I had bought the first Cannon I could get from a local dealer, it cost $25,000,we have a 4 color today that only cost $500

In a few short years, $800 might buy a 1 thou plastic printer. Right now the 9 thou would work for making masters for pulling a mold and casting the parts, though.

Rex

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One question a modeler needs to ask is, do I just want to try to find someone else’s CAD files for a project I want, or am I willing to develop expertise in 3D CAD to do my own projects. I have finished a printer kit and trying to bring it on line, but the 3D CAD is proving far harder than the 3D CAD I was able to teach myself!

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Don,

Doing modeling in CAD is the one thing that has kept me from looking seriously at 3D printers.