Does anyone have experience with these two printers? We are considering the Mojo or something similar like the Leapfrog Xeed. On paper the Xeed has better specs and much cheaper material. Has anyone used either of these two?
Does anyone have experience with these two printers? We are considering the Mojo or something similar like the Leapfrog Xeed. On paper the Xeed has better specs and much cheaper material. Has anyone used either of these two?
The Mojo is supposedly an awesome printer, but the consumables costs must be a killer. Part of the reason it's so good is that it replaces the extruder with every material change. Makes for accurate, but expensive prints.
So it kind of depends on what your end use is. The Mojo is an awesome prototyper, but the Xeed is probably something that can handle light production more affordably.
Of course, as I'm finding out, ANY 3d printer is only as good as its support. I'd make a call to each of their support desks before I opened my wallet.
Well we had talked with the salesmen for Stratasys and it left a bad taste in our mouthes but I know that the company we would be working with as I worked with before as a supplier for another product.
Is anyone using a 3D scanner to get information to try to print things out? Like an Xbox Kinect? We have an actual Faro Focus3D here at work but to trying to get the point cloud to some kind of solid model is proving to be difficult. Software woes.
our leapfrog is collecting dust at the moment - although I do not know what that means. We currently use a couple of makerbots for some little stuff.
I wanted a Makerbot, until they went closed source.
So just how many of you have 3D printers these days?
Derick Freese wrote: I wanted a Makerbot, until they went closed source. So just how many of you have 3D printers these days?
We have a bunch...
at work. No reason for me to own that.
I had the school buy a Makerbot a few years back for my Drafting class.
It's been fun, but the novelty wears off pretty quick. It's not what I really need for my home hobby interests.
I would love to use it to produce casting patterns for the Metalwork class, but haven't found the time.
After showing off my Markerbot to the other shop teachers, they all did more (recent as of last year) research and bought the Afinia 3D printer. It's nicer than my older Makerbot.
http://www.staples.ca/en/Afinia-H480-H-Series-3D-Printer/product_240444_2-CA_1_20001
I just need something to build project boxes with, but they need to be high quality. I'll give those a look. Admittedly, 3d printing isn't something I've looked into much, even given that it's something that is a requirement for a project I'm working on.
Derick Freese wrote: I just need something to build project boxes with, but they need to be high quality. I'll give those a look. Admittedly, 3d printing isn't something I've looked into much, even given that it's something that is a requirement for a project I'm working on.
What types of enclosures, You would be amazed at what you can make with just plexiglass or steel and a brake press.
I have a Solidoodle 2. Couple of them, actually. It's happiest when it's working away. I think it would be happy to product parts 24 hours a day. It's least happy when it sits for a while. After 2-3 weeks of non-use it seems there's always adjustments to be made, or clogs to be cleared.
3d printing at the hobbiest end is an evolving scene. I don't care what anyone says, there absolutely no such thing as an affordable, plug-and-play, works first time out of the box 3d printer. Maybe at the industrial end of things, but not at the sub $2k level. You will need some technical skill, and some basic programming skill to operate the software.
Also, the community is all over the place. From highly helpful enthusiasts to insular nerds, but my experience points to more of the latter than the former. You'll get a lot of "do a search, noob" type responses to questions in some areas. At one point, I asked a few questions on a forum, and I swear to God I actually got this answer: "That information is all easily available over at Ian's site." I still don't know who the berkeley Ian is.
That said, I think it's the future of manufacturing. I foresee a day when a lot of the products we buy are simply purchased as code and manufactured at home.
JG, you should give me a tour and show off what they can do.
The enclosures that I want to make would be too complex to make with metal at a reasonable cost. Some of these projects will have antennae inside, and a metal enclosure pretty much blocks them from getting through. With the low volume of production, in-homelab 3D printing can be the perfect thing to get the job done.
Derick Freese wrote: JG, you should give me a tour and show off what they can do. The enclosures that I want to make would be too complex to make with metal at a reasonable cost. Some of these projects will have antennae inside, and a metal enclosure pretty much blocks them from getting through. With the low volume of production, in-homelab 3D printing can be the perfect thing to get the job done.
Whaddya got for a sketch or a plan?
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