<p>Let me put in a good word for the fablicator. I saw one at makerfaire and the quality and print immediacy blew me away.</p>
<p>Actually, our Hackerspace spent a few hours trying to reverse engineer their extruder. It was spectacular.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.Fablicator.com">www.Fablicator.com</a><br><br></p>
<p>Red</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 25, 2012 7:17 PM, "Matt Joyce" <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My personal use case is similar to yours. I have ordered a replicator<br>
2 already.<br>
<br>
I'll let you know my opinions of it once it arrives.<br>
<br>
-Matt<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Tim Saylor <<a href="mailto:tim.saylor@gmail.com">tim.saylor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> After a year or so of fiddling with repraps, Pumping Station: One is looking<br>
> into buying a hobbyist 3d printer that will more or less "just work" as a<br>
> tool to be used by people with minimal training on how to run a 3d printer.<br>
> I'm looking for a similar experience to a laser cutter: someone explains how<br>
> to make a file and how to send it to the machine, you do that, maybe run a<br>
> test to make sure it's what you expect, and then you have a thing. In your<br>
> experience, which printer is closest to this experience in the $2k-3k range?<br>
><br>
> So far we've talked about the Ultimaker with NetFabb software and the<br>
> Replicator 1 or 2*. Anyone have any experience they'd like to share that<br>
> would help with our decision?<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
> Tim<br>
><br>
> * The politics of open source are a discussion we are having, but it's a<br>
> separate one from which tool is best for the job. Since we already have an<br>
> active discussion about that question, I'd appreciate keeping this one on<br>
> the pros and cons of each printer as a day to day tool.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> @tsaylor<br>
> <a href="http://www.timsaylor.com/" target="_blank">http://www.timsaylor.com/</a><br>
><br>
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